A comparative study of discourse structures and some major linguistic features of international declarations and international conventions on human rights part 2

A comparative study of discourse structures and some major linguistic features of international declarations and international conventions on human rights

First of all, I would like to express my deep gratitude to Assoc Prof Dr Hoang Van Van, my supervisor, for his valuable guidance, advice and suggestions in writing this thesis

I also would like to note that I am truly thankful to all the lecturers at Postgraduate Department of CFL, VNU for their enthusiasm during my M.A course

Lastly, I wish to thank the family members and friends of mine for their constant encouragements and supports

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Chapter I: Introduction

Chapter II: literature review

2.1.3.2 Two views of discourse structure: as product and as process 5

CHAPTER III

THE DISCOURSE STRUCTURE AND SOME MAJOR LINGUISTIC FEATURES

OF THE INTERNATIONAL DECLARATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

3.2 Purposes and typical legal characteristics of the International 10

Declaration on Human Rights

3.3 A study of the discourse structure and some major linguistic features

3.3.1.1 The Title and Preamble of the Declaration and their realization 11

3.3.2.1 The Body of the Declaration and its realization 13

3.3.3.1 The Ending of the Declaration and its realization 18

CHAPTER IV

THE DISCOURSE STRUCTURE AND SOME MAJOR LINGUISTIC FEATURES

OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

IN COMPARISON WITH THOSE OF THE INTERNATIONAL DECLARATION

4.2 Purposes and typical legal characteristics of the International

4.3 A study of discourse structure and some major linguistic features

of the International Convention on Human Rights in comparison

with those of the International Declaration on Human Rights 21

4.3.1.1 The Title and Preamble of the Convention and their realization 21

4.3.2.1 The Body of the Convention and its realization 23

4.3.3 The Ending 30

4.3.3.1 The Ending of the Convention and its realization 30

Chapter V

Conclusion  Some notes oN THE similarities and differences between international Declarations and Conventions

in terms of discourse structures and major linguistic features

* Typical structure of an International Declaration on Human Rights 37

* Typical structure of an International Convention on Human Rights 38

- Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 I

- International Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989 VII

abbreviationS

E.g.: for example

N: Nuclear

ESP: English for Specific Purposes

M.A.: Master of Arts

VNU: Vietnam National University

CFL: College of Foreign Languages NXB: Nhà Xuất Bản

ĐHNN: Đại học Ngoại ngữ

ĐHQG: Đại học Quốc gia