doi: 10.18178/IJLLL.2023.9.6.458
A Comparative Study of Thematic Structure and Progression Patterns in Political and Science Speeches
Mao Yi *
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- School of Foreign Studies, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, CO 710129, China.
Abstract
Taking political and science speeches as subjects,the writer makes an attempt to analyze the similarities anddifferences between political speeches and science speeches onthe basis of Halliday’s theme theory and Zhu Yongsheng’sthematic progression patterns. The quantitative analysis showsthat, as to thematic structure, simple themes are used most inpolitical speeches, whereas multiple themes contain the largestproportion of science speeches, and both of them rarely useclausal themes; in addition, interpersonal themes account for alarger percentage in political speeches, whereas textual themesoccur more in science speeches. With regard to thematicprogression patterns, both of them consist largely of sameTheme pattern and continuous pattern, while same Rhemepattern and crossing pattern are rarely employed. This studyexpands the scope of research on thematic progression patternsand has implications for speakers and English learners.
Keywords
- Thematic structure
- thematic progressionpattern
- political speech
- science speech
How to Cite
Mao Yi and Lei Xiaolan, "A Comparative Study of Thematic Structure and Progression Patterns in Political and Science Speeches," International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 495-499, 2023. https://doi.org/10.18178/IJLLL.2023.9.6.458
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