Discourse Analysis of Metafunctions in Song Lyrics My Heart Will Go on

Abstract

Discourse analysis plays a critical role in understanding and learning of discourse and systemic functional linguistics has provided good theoretical framework and guiding methods for it. For many years, the systemic functional linguistic theories have been applied to analysis of various texts, such as poetry, fiction, drama, etc., but less involved in the analysis of song lyrics, a unique text. This paper will make a discourse analysis of metafunctions in the lyric My Heart Will Go on under Halliday’ s Systemic-Functional Grammar, thus presenting practicality and applicability of the systemic functional linguistics to discourse analysis and on the other hand, bringing readers inspiration towards lyric appreciation.