A Study on the Semantic Mechanism and Image Empowerment of Appraisal Discourse in Ceramic News Reports on Belt and Road Portal

Linglin Wu

doi:10.47297/wspdecWSP2515-797302.20261006

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A Study on the Semantic Mechanism and Image Empowerment of Appraisal Discourse in Ceramic News Reports on Belt and Road Portal

Volume 10, Issue 6

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A Study on the Semantic Mechanism and Image Empowerment of Appraisal Discourse in Ceramic News Reports on Belt and Road Portal
A Study on the Semantic Mechanism and Image Empowerment of Appraisal Discourse in Ceramic News Reports on Belt and Road Portal
Jingdezhen Ceramic University, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, 333000, China
Vol. 10, Issue 6, Pages: 9-13(2026)
Published：30 June 2026
DOI：10.47297/wspdecWSP2515-797302.20261006
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Wu Linglin.A Study on the Semantic Mechanism and Image Empowerment of Appraisal Discourse in Ceramic News Reports on Belt and Road Portal[J].Development Economics of China,2026,10(06):9-13.
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Wu Linglin.A Study on the Semantic Mechanism and Image Empowerment of Appraisal Discourse in Ceramic News Reports on Belt and Road Portal[J].Development Economics of China,2026,10(06):9-13. DOI： 10.47297/wspdecWSP2515-797302.20261006.

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Against the backdrop of high-quality development of the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI)

appraisal discourse acts as an important carrier for official international publicity reports to construct national images and deliver cultural values. Taking ceramic news reports released on Belt and Road Portal from 2017 to 2026 as research samples

this paper adopts Appraisal Theory to investigate the semantic mechanism of its appraisal discourse and the paths of image empowerment. The study demonstrates that the Portal achieves meaning construction via three mechanisms

namely lexical encoding

modal modulation and narrative embedding. It vividly presents China's national image featuring openness and inclusiveness

pragmatism and win-win cooperation

as well as solid cultural confidence.

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