Luận văn the meaning and structure of an american short story

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HA NOT UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES —tĐ2+CSG8-—— ĐẠI HỌC NGOẠI NGỮ NGUYÊN THỊ MÉN THE MEANING AND

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HA NOT UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES

—tĐ2+CSG8-——

ĐẠI HỌC NGOẠI NGỮ

NGUYÊN THỊ MÉN

THE MEANING AND STRUCTURE

OF AN AMERICAN SHORT STORY:

A SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS

(CÂU TRÚC VÀ NGỮ NGHĨA CỦA MỘT TRUYỆN NGAN

MY: PHAN TICH THEO QUAN DIEM CHUC NANG)

M.A Minor Programme Thesis

Field: English Linguistic

Code: 60 22 15

Hanoi- 11/ 2010

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HA NOL UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES

D24 0 cu

NGUYÊN THỊ MÉN

THE MEANING AND STRUCTURE

OF AN AMERICAN SHORT STORY:

A SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS

(CÂU TRÚC VÀ NGỮ NGHĨA CỦA MỘT TRUYỆN NGẮN MY: PHAN TICH THEO QUAN DIEM CHUC NANG)

M.A Minor Programme Thesis

Field: English Linguistic

Code: 60 22 15

Supervisor: Assoc Prof Dr NGUYEN VAN DO

Hanoi- 11/ 2010

Table of contents Declaration

Abstract

Acknowledgments

List of Tables

Abbreviations

PART I: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Ralioruls - 1

us and Scope of the Study

1.3 Methods of the Study 1

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1.5 Design 0Ÿ he SEHđy cọ nh HH HH HHggHrraa ga mieeeoeee2 PART I: DEVELOPMENT

CHAPTER 1: THEORETICAL BACKGROUN

1.1 Three Metafunetions of Language

1.2 Context we

1.2.1, What is Context?

1.2.2 Three aspects of context

1.3 Clauses and their rclations

1.3.1 Clause Simplex and Clausc Complex

1.3.2 Types of Relations between Clauses

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1.3.2.2 Logico semantic Eype oeeeeieererrirereerereẨP 1.4 Three kinds of function o£clauses

1.4.1 Clause as representation: ‘Iransitivity

1.4.1.1 Process types and Participants

1.4.1.1.1 Material process

1.4.1.1.2 Mental process - 1.4.1.1.3 Relational proeess

1.4.1.1.4 Bchavioural process

14.L.1.5 Verbal proce:

14.1.1.6 Existential pro:

2 Cireurastances

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1 4,2 Clause as exchange: Mood -

1 4.3 Clause as message: Theme — Rheme 8

1.5 Cohesion 1.5.1, Grammatical Cohesion

1.5.1.1 Refrenee

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Temporal

15.3 Lexical Cohesion

1.5.3.1 ÑGÏfcTRHiOHL à cà nh series T11

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1.5.3.2 Collocation

1.6 Summary -

CHAPTER 2: THE MEANING AND STRUCTURE OF THE TEXT “WITCHES’S

LOAVES”

2.1 The Chosen Text 12 2.2 Clauses and Clause Comptex Analysis 132 2.3 The Analysis of the Text in Terms of Transitivity, Mood and Theme 12-28 2.3.1 The Transilivity Patlem of thị

2.3.2 The Mood Pattern of the Text

2.3.3 The Thematic Pattern of the Text

2.4 The Cohesion of the Text

2.4.1 Granvnatical fohesion neo ke

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BALA, Reference ẻ ee< 2.4.1.2 Conjunctive Devices - 41

2.5 Contextual Configuration of the Text cee 4

2.6 Summary

PART 3: CONCLUSION

1.1 Recapilulation

1.2 Contributions

1.3 Implieations of the study

1.4 Suggestions for future research

REFERENCES

APPENDICE

ABSTRACT

In the present study, an attempt is made to explore the grammar and meaning of the short slory “Wilhes’ Loaves” by O"Henry as 4 texl which is taken from “O"Hemry’s short stories online” The procedures and conventions used in the analysis are based on the framework of

Lalliday’s (1994) An Introduction to Functional Grammar ‘The analysis of the text will

proceed from the lopic of the chosen text, clauses and elausc complex analysis; the transitivity pattern, the mood pattern, the theme-rhome pattem, the grammatical and lexical cohesion; to a summary of the context of situation of the text in terms of the three contextual parameters: field, tenor, and mods

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