4.1.1 Specific Intertextuality in Political Discourse ..................... 36
4.1.2 Generic Intertextuality in Political Discourse ...................... 44
Chapter Five Conclusion ............................... 69
5.1 Major Findings of the Study .............................. 69
5.2 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Studies ................... 70
Chapter Four Social Pragmatic Functions of Intertextuality in Political Discourse from the Perspective of Critical Discourse Analysis
4.1 Description of Intertextuality in Political Discourse
Intertextuality refers to the absorption and transformation of any discourse into other discourses. The description part of Fairclough’s three-dimensional framework is also the process of analyzing discourse. The description part of Fairclough’s three-dimensional framework can be used to analyze the intertextuality in political discourse. Under the description part in Fairclough’s three-dimensional framework, this part will describe the specific intertextuality and generic intertextuality in political discourse.
4.1.1 Specific Intertextuality in Political Discourse
Intertextuality is a linguistic strategy which is often used in political discourse. The use of intertextuality can make readers realize the relationship between the current text and other texts and guide readers have a better understanding of the current text. Intertextuality is often used to study the relationship between texts. It is widely found in political discourse. As a carefully selected symbol of political discourse, intertextuality plays an important role in political discourse. In a general way, we often analyze the technique of intertextuality from the perspective of the critical discourse analysis in political discourse. But from the perspective of the recipient, who can bring their own knowledge and ideology of intertextuality to the interpretation of the text they read.
Chapter Five Conclusion
5.1 Major Findings of the Study
Firstly, intertextuality widely exists in political discourse. Combined with previous classification of intertextuality and Xin Bin’s principle of intertextuality, this study finds that there are six types of common specific intertextuality in political discourse: quotation, reference, allusion, cliché, conventionalism and parody; the generic intertextuality in political discourse is mainly reflected in the mixed use of different genres. Intertextuality is a discourse strategy used by political subjects to achieve political goals. The use of specific intertextuality can enhance the objectivity of discourse and make political speeches more persuasive and appealing. At the same time, the mixed of different genres can also enhance the beauty of discourse and the persuasiveness of political speeches.
Secondly, different physical factors, psychological factors and cultural factors will affect the generation and understanding of intertextuality in political discourse. Physical factors such as the types of political discourse, the content of political discourse and speaker’s language style will affect the generation of intertextuality. The understanding of intertextuality is essentially a psychological process. People consciously make choices according to their own psychological motivations and rely on their personal cognition and values to understand the intertextuality in political discourse. Different cultural environments contain different cultural connotations, and the understanding of political discourse also needs to activate the listeners’ cognition of cultural background. Generally speaking, cultural factors such as customs, religious beliefs, national culture will have an impact on the interpretation of intertextuality in political discourse. The physical mechanism, the psychological mechanism and the cultural mechanism interact and restrict each other, and jointly affect the generation of intertextuality in political discourse.
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