A Study Of Government Spokesman Discourse Function Based On Register Theory

Government spokesman discourse is a discourse forms which according to the purposeof Government statement. It has a definite communication purpose, which to pass massageand then leading the public opinion actively; the communication object is the media whostands for the public. The communication content is the information about Governmentstatement. Government spokesman discourse is forming a register in this particular context ofsituation. By Holliday’s register theory, analyzing the Government discourse from the field ofdiscourse, tenor of discourse and mode of discourse.And then to show the feature of thediscourse.The research of field of discourse shows that the topic has a restriction on theGovernment statement and the words. The research of tenor of discourse shows that the powerbetween the spokesman and the reporter is not equality. But through the frequently contactand affected involvement which can make up this deficiency. In addition, to the research ofpersonal tenor and international tenor which found that the mood of the discourse has moredeclarative mode and has less patterns change; In the modal system, through the modal verbto express the means, using more "will","muse" which can make clear the definitely positionand the steady attitude. Government spokesman discourse is a form of spoken language, butin its content was indeed the oral and written style, the style is serious, formal, use the wordsof the understandable, be helpful for the effective information transfer.