Textual Meta-function of a Public Service Advertisement—A Systemic Functional Approach

Textual Meta-function of a Public Service Advertisement—A Systemic Functional Approach

Authors

  • Xuanxuan Zhao Department of English, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53469/wjimt.2023.06(04).05

Keywords:

Textual Metafunction, Public Service Advertisement, Cohesion

Abstract

The three meta-functions of Systemic Functional Linguistics have occupied the mainstream for a long time in the field of linguistics and have been widely applied in various disciplinary fields. This paper focuses its attention on theme and cohesion to make a detailed analysis of texual meta-function on a public service advertisement to arouse readers’ attention on poverty, thus proving that the systemic functional linguistics can be an effective way to guide analysis of public service advertisements.

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Published

2023-08-11
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