Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Humanities (ICCESSH 2019)

An Application of Systemic and Functional Linguistics to the Teaching of English Transferred Epithet

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Gangni Chen
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Gangni Chen
Available Online July 2019.
DOI
10.2991/iccessh-19.2019.209How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL); transferred epithet; transferred word; grammatical metaphor introduction
Abstract

In view of the problems existing in the teaching of English transferred epithet, the relevant theories of systemic functional linguistics are introduced to explain them. The paper clarifies the difference between transferred epithet and personification resorting on the thought of linguistic hierarchy, expands the scope of traditional transferred epithet, and points out that transferred epithet has not only ideational function but also interpersonal function according to linguistic functions. Meanwhile, referring to the theory of grammatical metaphor, the paraphrase of epithet transferred is to recover its congruent form in nature.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Humanities (ICCESSH 2019)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
July 2019
ISBN
978-94-6252-752-2
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/iccessh-19.2019.209How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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