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 DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF ‘I HAVE A DREAM’ BY MARTIN LUTHER KING PHÂN TÍCH DIỄN NGƠN 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 Rationale Scope of study Aims of study Significance Methodology Design of study 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 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 Summary of findings 38 Concluding remarks 40 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