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A Functional Analysis of Journalistic Writing
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A Functional Analysis of Journalistic Writing Journalistic writing is a special genre of literature, which has a typical style. This article aims to discover the unique features of this type of writing through a functional analysis. Below is the analysis of a news report from China Daily. 1.With the fall of Baghdad, Iraq's U.N. ambassador declared Wednesday, "the game is over." and became the first Iraqi official to concede defeat in the US-led war. It is a clause complex consisting of three paratactic clauses. Clause 1: with the fall of Baghdad, Iraq's U.N. ambassador declared Wednesday Clause 2: "the game is over " Clause 3: and became the first Iraqi official to concede defeat in the US-led war Clause 1 projects clause 2. Mood: The three clauses are all declarative statements. In clause 1, the Subject is "Iraq's U.N. ambassador" and the Finite indicates an event happened in the past....
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