A Contrastive Study of Engagement in Chinese and English Crisis Coverage

作者：Yang Hengwen^*

来源：Northeast Asia International Symposium on Linguistics, Literature and Teaching, 2015-07-17 to 2015-07-18.

• Appraisal Theory
• engagement resources
• Chinese and English
• crisis coverage

Contrastively analyzing data on ten crisis topics, such as earthquake, H1N1, and air crash, under the theoretical framework of engagement system in Appraisal Theory, the present study analyzes distribution of engagement resources in Chinese and English crisis coverage, probes the feature of the occurrence and tells how the authors use engagement resources to release objective, authentic, and neutral reports, explores the similarities and differences between English and Chinese crisis reporting and explains the underlying reasons.

• 出版日期2015
• 单位九江学院