Experiential Metafunctional Analysis of “Shan Xing” and Its English Versions
Keywords:
Functional Linguistics, Experiential Metafunction, Shan Xing, English versions of “Shan Xing"Abstract
This paper attempts to analyze and compare transitivity processes of “Shan Xing” and its 11 English versions from the perspective of Experiential Metafunction of Halliday’s Functional Linguistics and makes a comment on the similarities and differences between them. This study can give clues to the study of poems and their translations of the transitivity processes, by exploring the differences of participants and circumstantial elements with the theoretical framework of Functional Linguistics which can provide a necessary theoretical basis for the study of poetry translation.
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