Tenor Of Discourse And Roles Of The Interpreter

Tenor of discourse is a sub-discipline of systemic functional linguistics. In recent years,tenor of discourse, based on theories, has been well gradually applied to certain genre. From the point of linguistics the author is trying to bridge the gap between the theory and the application of tenor by positioning roles of interpreters.This thesis consists of five chapters:Chapter one is the introductory part. It introduces the research background, presents the objectives, significance of the study and specifies the design of the thesis.Chapter two involves the literature review of tenor of discourse. Viewpoints from four linguists have been presented. There are three categories in tenor of discourse: power/status, contact/solidarity and affect. Power/status and affect are the focus in this thesis. The author illustrates the three elements with the help of examples.Chapter three presents characteristics of interpretation. Also the roles of interpreters, to which Anderson, Liu Miqing and Liu Heping have contributed a lot, are concluded here. Furthermore, the author adopts more instances to expound the different roles under the circumstances of interpretation.Chapter four is the most important part in this thesis. It tries to apply the tenor of discourse to interpretation. The creation lies on the analysis based on the three elements of power/status, solidarity/contact and affect. The author strictly adopts the theoretical elements of tenor and examples of spokesmen State Council Information Office of People's Republic of China. Accordingly, some useful techniques in interpretation are introduced in the following chapter five.Chapter five explores the complementary techniques which are used in interpretation. Based on the chapter four, the author illustrates more techniques which are practical during the process of interpretation.Chapter six gives the concluding remarks. It sums up the final findings, points out the limitations of the study in the thesis and offers the implications for further studies.