International Journal of Language & Linguistics

The Transitivity Construction of Women Identity ----A Case of Study of Chinese White Paper Equality, Development and Sharing: Progress of Women's Cause in 70 Years Since New China’s Founding
Yang Linxiu, Han Yisha

Abstract
The change in women’s status and rights has been rising concerns for a long time. The researches on the construction of female identity have also been carried out by many scholars and from various perspectives. At the important moment of the 70th birthday of new China in 2019, Chinese government released the white paper Equality, Development and Sharing: Progress of Women's Cause in 70 Years Since New China’s Founding which is a quite important document for presenting the development of women’s cause in China. Based on transitivity in SFL proposed by Halliday, this study explores the construction of women image and identity in this national document. By adopting both qualitative and quantitative analyses, the study presents the distribution of participant roles and process types related to women and summarizes three female images: beneficiary of national attitudes and policies, contributor for the development of country and defender of their own rights.

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