TABLE OF CONTENTS
FIGURES AND TABLES
PART I: INTRODUCTION
PART II: DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 1: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
1.1. Genre and genre analysis
1. 1. 1. The notion of genre
1.1.2. Genre in folklore studies
1.1.3. Genre in linguistics
1.1.4. Genre in rhetoric
1.2. Approaches to genre
1.3. Genre and language study
1.4. The systemic-functional approach to language study
1.4.1. The metafunctions
1.4.2. The Transitivity system
1.4.3. The Mood system
1.4.4. The Theme system
1.5. Summary
CHAPTER 2:
GENERIC STRUCTURE AND LINGUISTIC FEATURES
OF ENGLISH GEOLOGICAL TEXTBOOKS
2.1. GENERIC STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH GEOLOGICAL TEXTBOOKS
2.1.1. The organization of English geological textbooks
2.1.2. Generic features of English geological textbooks
2.1.3. The organization of the five Body Parts
2. 2. LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF ENGLISH GEOLOGICAL TEXTBOOKS
2. 2. 1. Transitivity analysis of the Introduction Parts and Body Parts
2. 2. 2. Mood analysis of the Introduction Parts and Body parts
2. 2. 3. Theme analysis of the Introduction Parts and Body Parts
2. 3. Summary
CHAPTER 3:
GENERIC STRUCTURE AND LINGUISTIC FEATURES
OF VIETNAMESE GEOLOGICAL TEXTBOOKS
3.1. GENERIC STRUCTURE OF VIETNAMESE GEOLOGICAL
TEXTBOOKS
3.1.1. The organization of Vietnamese geological textbooks
3.1.2. Generic features of Vietnamese geological textbooks
3.1.3. The organization of the five Body Parts
3.2. LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF VIETNAMESE GEOLOGICAL TEXTBOOKS
3.2.1. Transitivity analysis of the Introduction Parts and Body Parts
3. 2. 2. Mood analysis of the Introduction Parts and Body Parts
3. 2. 3. Theme analysis of the Introduction Parts and Body Parts
3. 3. Summary
CHAPTER 4:
COMPARISON BETWEEN ENGLISH
AND VIETNAMESE GEOLOGICAL TEXTBOOKS
4.1. The overall generic structure of English and Vietnamese geological
textbooks
4.2. Comparison of the Introduction Parts
4.2.1. Generic structure
4.2.2. Linguistic features
4.3. Comparison of the Body Parts
4.3.1. Generic structure
4.3.2. Linguistic features
4.4. Comparison of thematic structure of the English and Vietnamese
geological Introduction Parts and Body Parts
4.4. 1. Comparison of thematic structure in English and Vietnamese clauses in
different metafunctions
4.4.2. Comparison of thematic structure
4.5. Discussion of the similarities and differences between English and
Vietnamese geological textbooks
4.5.1. Generic and linguistic similarities
4.5.2. Generic and linguistic differences
4.6. Summary
PART III: CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
APPENDIX