语言特征及其功能分析.docx

Linguistics analysis PAGE Analysis of a text: its genre, linguistic features, and functions they serve in the video of “Rowan Atkinson interview with Elton John” Introduction Linguistics is the scientific study of language and its focus is the systematic examination of the properties of specific languages ??as well as the features of language in general. Thompson (2003) quoted Montogomery (1995) who stated, “Language informs the way we think, the way we experience, and the way we interact with each other. Language provides the basis of community but also the ground of division. Systematic knowledge about language and practical awareness of how it works is fundamental to the process building mature communities.” Communication is the act of conveying or exchanging information by writing, speaking, or using another medium, while a conversation is defined as a talk, especially informal, between two or more people in which ideas and messages are exchanged. People usually listen to various kinds of spoken programs to hear conversations and communications, including commercials, television programs, sermons, television or radio news, political speeches, classroom lectures, etc. (Biber and Conrad, 2019). These devices are increasingly carefully crafted to appeal to a wide audience, for whom a deeper understanding of the mechanisms behind the surface of information presented as well as linguistic usage has become a crucial issue in being able to critically and consciously evaluate what they are exposed to. Among the wide variety of screen-mediated interactions we encounter, “interviews” are one of the most common types because they can be easily adapted to many different purposes and knowledge domains. Especially with the advent of television, “humorous interviews” have undoubtedly become one of the formats for spreading entertainment around the worl