A critical discourse analysis of i have a dream by martin luther king

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST – GRADUATE STUDIES ***************** Đặng Thị Anh Thư Course: M.A16 A CRITICAL DISC

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI

UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

FACULTY OF POST – GRADUATE STUDIES

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Đặng Thị Anh Thư Course: M.A16

A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF ‘I HAVE A

DREAM’ BY MARTIN LUTHER KING

PHÂN TÍCH DIỄN NGÔN PHÊ PHÁN BÀI PHÁT BIỂU ‘I HAVE A

DREAM’ CỦA MARTIN LUTHER KING

M.A Thesis

Field: English Linguistics

Code: 602215

Hanoi – 2010

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY-HANOI

UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

FACULTY OF POST – GRADUATE STUDIES

*****************

Đặng Thị Anh Thư Course: M.A16

A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF ‘I HAVE A DREAM’ BY MARTIN LUTHER KING

PHÂN TÍCH DIỄN NGÔN PHÊ PHÁN BÀI PHÁT BIỂU ‘I HAVE A DREAM’ CỦA MARTIN LUTHER KING

M.A Thesis

Field: English Linguistics

Code: 602215 Supervisor: Prof Nguyen Hoa

Hanoi - 2010

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY OF STUDY PROJECT REPORT i

ACKNOWLEDGE ii

ABSTRACT iii

TABLE OF CONTENT iv

FIGURES AND TABLES vi

PART A: INTRODUCTION 1 Rationale 1

2 Scope of study 2

3 Aims of study 2

4 Significance 2

5 Methodology 3

6 Design of study 3

PART B: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW 1.1 Martin Luther King and the speech ‗I have a dream‘

1.2 An overview of CDA

1.2.1 History

1.2.2 Definition

1.2.3 Methodology for CDA – the three-dimensional framework

1.3 SFG and its role in relationship with CDA .

1.3.1 SFG and its role in relationship with CDA

1.3.2 SFG and the three meta-functions of language

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CHAPTER 2: A CDA OF MARTIN LUTHER KING’ S SPEECH ‘ I HAVE A

DREAM’

2.1 Clause and clause complex analysis 18

2.2 Transitivity Analysis 23

2.3 Mood and Modality Analysis 26

2.4 Thematization Analysis, Repetitions Analysis and Voice 31

CHAPTER 3: SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING LANGUAGE 35

PART C: CONCLUSION 1 Summary of findings 38

2 Concluding remarks 40

3 Suggestions for further studies 40

REFERENCES 41

APPENDICES APPENDIX 1: ‗I HAVE A DREAM‘ BY MARTIN LUTHER KING vii

APPENDIX 2: TRANSITIVITY ANALYSIS xii

APPENDIX 3: MOOD ANALYSIS xvii

APPENDIX 4: MODALITY ANALYSIS xviii

APPENDIX 5: PERSONAL PRONOUN ANALYSIS OF ‗WE‘ AND ‗I‘ xxi

APPENDIX 6: VOICE ANALYSIS xxiii

APPENDIX 7: REPETITION ANALYSIS xxiv

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