Experiential functions in the discourse of the Vietnamese revolutionary lyrics in the period from 1954 to 1975

Abstract

Experiential metafunction also known as reflective metafunction is one of the three metafunctions
of language proposed by M. A. K. Halliday. This metafunction is used to convey new information or content
unknown to listeners. Thereby, people's experience of the world around as well as in the speakers themselves is
expressed. Based on the systemic functional grammar theory proposed by M. A. K. Halliday, the modes of
expressing experiential functions in the discourse of the Vietnamese revolutionary lyrics in the period from 1954
to 1975 are analyzed and investigated. This is to determine the authors linguistic strategies in choosing topics,
building title structures, and organizing the messages through the transition system. Besides, the relationship
between language and thought is also clarified.