A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH TEXTS INTRODUCING NATURE RESERVES
Life in the world should be maintained with the co-existence of different species which man shares his habitats with. It is required that all of the people on earth should maintain and restore the nature conservation of important habitats and species. Furthermore, providing the public with o...
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Life in the world should be maintained with the co-existence of
different species which man shares his habitats with. It is required that all of
the people on earth should maintain and restore the nature conservation of
important habitats and species. Furthermore, providing the public with
opportunities to view wildlife and typical habitats is essential to achieve
public support. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that organisations in the
world seek to develop nature reserves to promote nature conservation. Up to
now, there have been many writings about discourse analysis (DA). However,
rather little is done about nature conservation, especially the discourse of
English texts introducing nature reserves (TINRs). Hence, the study entitled
“A Discourse Analysis of English Texts Introducing Nature Reserves” is
conducted to examine TINRs in terms of their layout features, lexical
features, and syntactic features, stylistic and cohesive devices. The analysis is
based on 85 samples in TINRs gathered from the official website of national
nature reserves in England.
On the basis of the findings, the thesis gives out some implications and
suggestions for teaching and learning in the English language. The research
results are useful for students and teachers of English and those who take
interest in this type of discourse |
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oai:data.ufl.udn.vn:UFL-18802025-03-19T06:54:35Z A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH TEXTS INTRODUCING NATURE RESERVES LV ThS 434 Nguyễn Thị Kim Phước NGUYỄN THỊ QUỲNH HOA, Ph.D. Life in the world should be maintained with the co-existence of different species which man shares his habitats with. It is required that all of the people on earth should maintain and restore the nature conservation of important habitats and species. Furthermore, providing the public with opportunities to view wildlife and typical habitats is essential to achieve public support. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that organisations in the world seek to develop nature reserves to promote nature conservation. Up to now, there have been many writings about discourse analysis (DA). However, rather little is done about nature conservation, especially the discourse of English texts introducing nature reserves (TINRs). Hence, the study entitled “A Discourse Analysis of English Texts Introducing Nature Reserves” is conducted to examine TINRs in terms of their layout features, lexical features, and syntactic features, stylistic and cohesive devices. The analysis is based on 85 samples in TINRs gathered from the official website of national nature reserves in England. On the basis of the findings, the thesis gives out some implications and suggestions for teaching and learning in the English language. The research results are useful for students and teachers of English and those who take interest in this type of discourse TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION.................................................................. 1 1.1. RATIONALE............................................................................................. 1 1.2. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ....................................................................... 2 1.2.1. Aims of the Study............................................................................. 2 1.2.2. Objectives of the Study .................................................................... 2 1.3. SCOPE OF THE STUDY.......................................................................... 2 1.4. DEFINITIONS OF TERMS ...................................................................... 3 1.4.1. Texts................................................................................................. 3 1.4.2. Nature Reserves................................................................................ 3 1.4.3. Texts Introducing Nature Reserves.................................................. 4 1.5. RESEARCH QUESTIONS........................................................................ 4 1.6. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY........................................................... 4 1.7. ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY........................................................ 5 CHAPTER 2. LITERATURE REVIEW AND THEORETICAL BACKGROUND ............................................................................................. 6 2.1. LITERATURE REVIEW .......................................................................... 6 2.2. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND........................................................... 8 2.2.1. Discourse and Discourse Analysis................................................... 8 2.2.2. Text and Context ............................................................................ 14 2.2.3. Cohesion and Coherence................................................................ 16 2.2.4. Nature Reserves.............................................................................. 18 2.3. SUMMARY ............................................................................................. 19 CHAPTER 3. METHODS AND PROCEDURES ..................................... 20 3.1. RESEARCH DESIGN ............................................................................. 20 3.2. RESEARCH METHODS ........................................................................ 20 3.3. DESCRIPTION OF SAMPLES............................................................... 20 3.4. DATA COLLECTION............................................................................. 21 3.5. DATA ANALYSIS.................................................................................. 22 3.6. RESEARCH PROCEDURES.................................................................. 23 3.7. RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY........................................................... 23 CHAPTER 4. FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION ......................................... 25 4.1. LAYOUT OF ENGLISH TINRs............................................................. 25 4.1.1. OVERVIEW................................................................................... 25 4.1.2. Reserve Details............................................................................... 29 4.2. SYNTACTIC FEATURES IN ENGLISH TINRS.................................. 39 4.2.1. Passive Voice ................................................................................. 39 4.2.2. Relative Clause............................................................................... 41 4.2.3. Imperative....................................................................................... 43 4.2.4. Existential Sentence ....................................................................... 45 4.3. LEXICAL CHOICE IN ENGLISH TINRS............................................. 47 4.3.1. Location Verbs............................................................................... 47 4.3.2. Triggerring Verbs........................................................................... 49 4.3.3. Adjectives....................................................................................... 51 4.3.4. Nouns Denoting Animals and Plants ............................................. 53 4.4. STYLISTIC DEVICES IN ENGLISH TINRS........................................ 57 4.4.1. Metaphor ........................................................................................ 57 4.4.2. Hyperbole ....................................................................................... 60 4.5. COHESIVE DEVICES ............................................................................ 62 4.5.1. Reference........................................................................................ 62 4.5.2. Conjunction .................................................................................... 66 4.5.3. Ellipsis............................................................................................ 68 4.5.4. Repetition ....................................................................................... 70 4.6. SUMMARY ............................................................................................. 72 CHAPTER 5. CONCLUSIONS AND IMLICATIONS ............................ 73 5.1. CONCLUSIONS...................................................................................... 73 5.2. IMPLICATIONS...................................................................................... 75 5.3. LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY........................................................... 76 5.4. SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH .................................... 77 REFERENCES.............................................................................................. 78 QUYẾT ĐỊNH GIAO ĐỀ TÀI LUẬN VĂN THẠC SĨ (BẢN SAO 2025-03-19T06:54:29Z 2025-03-19T06:54:29Z 2014 Thesis https://data.ufl.udn.vn/handle/UFL/1880 en application/pdf application/pdf Trường Đại học Ngoại ngữ, Đại học Đà Nẵng |