1 VIET NAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HA NOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGE & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST – GRADUATE STUDIES ***************** DƯƠNG THỊ THẢO A STUDY ON THE MEANING AND STRUCTURE OF A GEOGRAPHY TEXT: A SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS (NGHIÊN CỨU VỀ NGHĨA VÀ CẤU TRÚC CỦA MỘT VĂN BẢN ĐỊA LÝ: PHÂN TÍCH TRÊN CƠ SỞ LÝ THUYẾT CHỨC NĂNG HỆ THỐNG) MINOR M.A THESIS Field : English Linguistics Code : 602215 Hanoi – 2010 VIET NAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HA NOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGE & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST – GRADUATE STUDIES ***************** DƯƠNG THỊ THẢO A STUDY ON THE MEANING AND STRUCTURE OF A GEOGRAPHY TEXT: A SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS (NGHIÊN CỨU VỀ NGHĨA VÀ CẤU TRÚC CỦA MỘT VĂN BẢN ĐỊA LÝ: PHÂN TÍCH TRÊN CƠ SỞ LÝ THUYẾT CHỨC NĂNG HỆ THỐNG) MINOR M.A THESIS Field : English Linguistics Code : 602215 Supervisor: Prof Dr Hoàng Văn Vân Hanoi - 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ……………………………………………………………………… i ABSTRACT …………………………………………………………………………… ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS …………………………………………………… iii TABLE OF CONTENTS ……………………………………………………………… iv PART I: INTRODUCTION ………………………………………………………… Rationale of the Study ……………………………………………………… Aims of the Study ………………………………………………………… Scope of the Study …………………………………………………… Methods of the Study ……………………………………………………… Data Collection …………………………………………………………… Design of the Study ……………………………………………………… PART II: DEVELOPMENT ………………………………………………………… Chapter 1:THEORETICAL BACKGROUNDS …………………………………… 1.1 Introduction …………… 1.2 Systemic Functional Th 1.3 Metafunctions ………… 1.3.1 1.3.2 1.3.3.Textual Metafunct 1.4 Cohesion Analysis …… 1.4.1 1.4.1.1 1.4.1.2 1.4.1.3 1.4.1.4 1.4.2 1.4.2.1 1.4.2.2 1.5 Summary ……………… Chapter 2: THE MEANING AND STRUCTURE OF THE TEXT “ACID PRECIPITATION – A HUMAN IMPACT ON THE EARTH SYSTEM” 2.1 Introduction …………… 2.2 The Text ……………… 2.3 The Context of the Chos 2.4 Clause and Clause Com 2.5 The Analysis of the Tex 2.5.1 The Transitivity P 2.5.2 The Mood Patter 2.5.3 The Thematic Pa 2.6 Cohesion Analysis of th 2.6.1 2.6.1.1.Conjunctive Dev 2.6.1.2 2.6.2.Lexical Cohesion 2.7 Context Configuration o PART III:CONCLUSION ………………………………………………………… Recapitulations …………… …………………………………………… 36 Implications for Teaching and Learning ……………………………… 37 Suggestions for Further Study ………………………………………… 37 REFERENCES ………………………………………………………………………… 38 APPENDICES ………………………………………………………………………… I Appendix Clause and Clause Complex Analysis ………………………………… II Appendix Transitivity Pattern of the Text ……………………………………… V Appendix Mood Pattern of the Text …………………………………………… VII Appendix Thematic Pattern of the Text ……………………………………… IX ... Chapter 2: THE MEANING AND STRUCTURE OF THE TEXT “ACID PRECIPITATION – A HUMAN IMPACT ON THE EARTH SYSTEM” 2.1 Introduction …………… 2.2 The Text ……………… 2.3 The Context of the Chos 2.4 Clause and. .. NAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HA NOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGE & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST – GRADUATE STUDIES ***************** DƯƠNG THỊ THẢO A STUDY ON THE MEANING AND STRUCTURE OF A GEOGRAPHY. .. and Clause Com 2.5 The Analysis of the Tex 2.5.1 The Transitivity P 2.5.2 The Mood Patter 2.5.3 The Thematic Pa 2.6 Cohesion Analysis of th 2.6.1 2.6.1.1.Conjunctive Dev 2.6.1.2 2.6.2.Lexical Cohesion