英语歌曲You Are My Sunshine为什么那么成功?——基于经验功能分析的一种解读

由吉米·戴维斯和查尔斯·米切尔合作谱曲填词、吉米·戴维斯在1940年2月4日录制的英语歌曲You Are My Sunshine在当时非常流行，甚至成了英国国王乔治六世的最爱。它为什么那么成功?目前，歌曲的语言学研究有一些，但尚无对这首歌词的分析。本文运用系统功能语法的经验功能对它进行分析后发现，与现有研究发现的歌曲以物质过程为主不同，这首歌词的过程类型以心理过程和关系过程为主，所有过程都是表达爱意的心理活动和双方关系的典型动词，令人倍感亲切和难忘，这是这首歌曲成功的语言因素之一。此外，文章还就分析结论及其不足等方面进行了一些简单的讨论。 

Why is the English Song “You Are My Sunshine” So Successful?—AnInterpretation Based on Experiential Function Analysis

The English song "You Are My Sunshine", written by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell and sung by Jimmie Davis on February 4th, 1940, was so popular that it became King George VI's favourite. Why was it so successful? So far, despite a few linguistic studies on songs, no research on this song is available. This paper analyzes the text of this song from the perspective of experiential function and finds that different from the findings of the existing literature that material processes are dominating in songs, the major types of process in this song text are mental and relational processes, and that all processes involve typical verbs indicating love related to physical and mental behaviour and to "you-me" relationship so that the text gives its listeners the unforgettable impression of closeness, which is linguistically part of the key to its great success. In addition, the conclusion and weaknesses of the analysis are also briefly discussed.