人际功能视角下中英文商业伦理评价语篇对比研究

rld  around  the  speaker.  As  Zhu  Yongsheng stated  in  2002,  the  interpersonal  meaning  aims  to  persuade  the  target  readers  and indicates  the  relationship between  language  and  society.  In  this  regard,  interpersonal function  is  employed  to  establish  a  bond  with  the readers,  and  attempts  to  influence readers’ opinion by the constructed relationship. Additionally, the further development of the appraisal theory specializes in examining the attitudinal resources of discourse in  the  realization  of interpersonal  meaning.  Owing  to  the  above  three  reasons,  the present author chooses this study topic and endeavors to conduct a research to unravel the  mystery  of  language  in  business  ethics  review,  and  to  fulfill  the author’s long-standing pursuit in this filed. 

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CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Overview

In  this  chapter  the  author  will  outline  the  definition  of  interpersonal  meaning, approaches  to  the  study  on interpersonal  meaning,  previous  study  on  interpersonal meaning and business ethics at both home and abroad.

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2.2 Definition of Interpersonal Meaning

Interpersonal  meaning  has  long  been  discussed  by  scholars  and  a  wide  range  of definition  has  been  proposed. However,  linguists  are  unanimously  in  an  agreement that  interpersonal  is  the  meaning  of  language  by  which they  not  only  interact  in communication  and  express  their  feelings  and  attitudes,  but  also  establish  and maintain their relationship. The language they use in their interaction both reflects and influences the bilateral relationship.

In  Bakhtin's  view,  the  main  unit  of  meaning  is  a  "word"  or  "utterance"-  an expression  in  a  living  context  of exchange,  and  it  is  formed  through  a  speaker's relation  to  otherness  (other  people,  others'  words  and expressions,  and  the  lived cultural world in time and place). As Bakhtin puts it, “meaning does not reside in the word or in the soul of the speaker or in the soul  of listener. Meaning is the effect of interaction  between  speaker  and  listener via  the  material  of  a  particular  sound complex. It is like an electric spark that occurs only when two different terminals are hooked together. ” (1988: 103). 

Burton  and  Dimbley  elaborate  the  interpersonal  communication  in  their  book Between  Ourselves:  An  Introduction to  Interpersonal  Communication  by  covering ideas  about  how  and  why  interpersonal  communication  takes  place. They  build  a model  of  self  in  interperso