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标题：Analysis on the Referential Content of “We” in The Report on the Work of the Government 2021 from the Perspective of Pragmatics
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作者：Jinyu Hu
期刊名称：Open Access Library Journal
印刷版ISSN：2333-9705
电子版ISSN：2333-9721
出版年度：2022
卷号：9
期号：6
页码：1-6
DOI：10.4236/oalib.1108935
语种：English
出版社：Scientific Research Pub
摘要：The Report on the Work of the Government is a summary of China’s development achievements in the past year and plans for future work. The English version of the report provides the international community with a crucial means to learn about this rising nation. From the perspective of pragmatics, this paper uses text analysis to explore and classify the content of “we” in The Report on the Work of the Government 2021 according to relevance theory and adaptation theory. The results show that in the same discourse, the referential content of “we” is ambiguous and dynamic to some extent. In terms of the effect of use, “we”, which is often used in conjunction with modal verbs, plays a role in appealing and warning. Specifically, the self-referential “we” that is limited to a specific group emphasizes responsibility and mission; the “we” that refers to others in general can be used as a social indicator to narrow the distance between the speaker and receivers.
关键词：DeixisWeThe Report on the Work of the Government 2021