Author(s)

Zhiwen Lu, Ping Li

Corresponding Author

Ping Li

ABSTRACT

The rules of sports competition is regarded as a new style of language due to its particular field, tenor and mode. However, there is a lack of systemic study of that in language study. So, based on the rule and regulation of Modern Pentathlon, this essay gives a more specific study of the rules of sports competition from the perspective of Halliday’s register theory: the field of discourse, the tenor of discourse, and the mode of discourse. All in all, the language in sports rules and regulations are descriptive, formal and cohesive.

KEYWORDS

Register theory, rules of sports competition, sport language analysis