VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY - HANOT UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FALCULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES =Éœ VŨ THỊ THANH NGA. A STUDY ON THEME — RHEME AND COHESIVE TIES IN THE SHORT STORY “THE LAST LEAF” BY O”’HENRY NGHIÊN CỨU VẼ TỎ CHỨC DẺ THUYẾT VA CÁC MỖI LIÊN KET TRONG TRUYEN NGAN CHIEC LA CUOI CUNG CUA O'HENRY M. Minor Programme Thesis Field: English Linguistics Code: 60.15 Hanoi — 2013 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY - HANOT UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FALCULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES VŨ THỊ THANIINGA. A STUDY ON THEME — RHEME AND COHESLVE TLES LN TITE SIIORT STORY “TITE LAST LEAF” BY O?TTENRY NGHIÊN CỨU VỀ TÔ CHỨC ĐÈ THUYẾT VÀ CAC MOI LIEN KET TRONG TRUYÊN NGÀN CHIEC LÁ CUÔI CÙNG CỦA O'TIENRY M.
Minor Programme Thesis Kicid: English Linguistics Code: 60. Hoang Van Van Ilanoi— 2013 DECLARATION I, hereby. certify the thesis entitled “a sTUDY ON THEME - RHEME AND CONTESIVE TIES IN TITE SITORT STORY “TIE LAST LEAF* BY O'TIENRY” is {he resull. of my own research for the Minor Degree of Master of Arts at the University of Language and International Studies, Vietnam National University, [fanoi, and this thesis has not, wholly or partially, been subimitled for any degree al any olher universilies or institutions.
Hanoi, 2013 Vit Thi Thanh Nga TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABSTRACT TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF MARKERS AND ABBREVIATIONS LIST OF TABLES CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTIƠN.1 Ralionale of the Study - 1 1. Aims of the Study 1.Scope of the Smdy 1. Method of the Study 1. Design of the Study.
CHAPTER 2: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 2. The Linguislic System 5 2.v con nhe eo ceeonỂ 2. Cohesion 2, 1, Concept of Cohesion. Types of Cohesion.
Grammatical Cohesion sac 12 ABSTRACT This study is an altermpl lo apply systertic functional grammar lo investigating a short story “Ihe Last Leaf” by O’Henry in terms of the theme theme structure and cohesive ties. Based on the theory of systemic fimetional grammar as developed by Halliday, the study focuses on the analysis of O’Hemy’s story “The Last Leal” in terms of the textual metafunction which is represented via theme - theme pattern, and cohesion (grammatical cohesion and lexical cohesion) of the text. The findings show that in torms of theme - sheme pattem, topical theme which forms unmarked one is the most striking feature of the text. We can also realize how the author develops the text and oreales @ surprise ending wlrich makes th slory one of O'Henry’s masterpicoe Moreover, grammatical cohesion represented by reference and conjunctive devices and lexical cohesion shown via repetition, synonyms, meronyms and antonyms make the text more cohesive and coherent.
The analysis proves that systemic functional grammar is the smartest choice for those whose concern is for the structure and meaning of a particular text iii TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABSTRACT TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF MARKERS AND ABBREVIATIONS LIST OF TABLES CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTIƠN.1 Ralionale of the Study - 1 1. Aims of the Study 1.Scope of the Smdy 1. Method of the Study 1. Design of the Study.
CHAPTER 2: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 2. The Linguislic System 5 2.v con nhe eo ceeonỂ 2. Cohesion 2, 1, Concept of Cohesion. Types of Cohesion.
Grammatical Cohesion sac 12 ABSTRACT This study is an altermpl lo apply systertic functional grammar lo investigating a short story “Ihe Last Leaf” by O’Henry in terms of the theme theme structure and cohesive ties. Based on the theory of systemic fimetional grammar as developed by Halliday, the study focuses on the analysis of O’Hemy’s story “The Last Leal” in terms of the textual metafunction which is represented via theme - theme pattern, and cohesion (grammatical cohesion and lexical cohesion) of the text. The findings show that in torms of theme - sheme pattem, topical theme which forms unmarked one is the most striking feature of the text. We can also realize how the author develops the text and oreales @ surprise ending wlrich makes th slory one of O'Henry’s masterpicoe Moreover, grammatical cohesion represented by reference and conjunctive devices and lexical cohesion shown via repetition, synonyms, meronyms and antonyms make the text more cohesive and coherent.
The analysis proves that systemic functional grammar is the smartest choice for those whose concern is for the structure and meaning of a particular text iii LIST OF MARKERS AND ABBREVIATIONS Repetition Antonym Meronym HYP Hyponym SYN Synonym coL Collocation, Personal Reference RD Demonstrative Reference Comparalive Reference Anaphoric reference Exophoric reference Cataphoric reference TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABSTRACT TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF MARKERS AND ABBREVIATIONS LIST OF TABLES CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTIƠN.1 Ralionale of the Study - 1 1. Aims of the Study 1.Scope of the Smdy 1. Method of the Study 1. Design of the Study.
CHAPTER 2: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 2. The Linguislic System 5 2.v con nhe eo ceeonỂ 2. Cohesion 2, 1, Concept of Cohesion. Types of Cohesion.
Grammatical Cohesion sac 12 2. " fe ee LE 2. CHAPTER 3: THEME — RHEME AND COHESIVE TIES IN THE SHORT STORY “IHE LAST LEAF” BY Q7HENRY 3. " cae eee ¬—¬ sen re crete 9 3.
The Context of the Chosen Text 19 3. The Analysis of the text terms of There — Rhee. Marked and Unmarked Theme. The Cohesion of the Text.
Grammatical Cohesion sac - 39 3.2, Implications for the Study 43 4. Suggestions for Further Study. 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABSTRACT TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF MARKERS AND ABBREVIATIONS LIST OF TABLES CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTIƠN.1 Ralionale of the Study - 1 1. Aims of the Study 1.Scope of the Smdy 1.
Method of the Study 1. Design of the Study. CHAPTER 2: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 2. The Linguislic System 5 2.v con nhe eo ceeonỂ 2.
Cohesion 2, 1, Concept of Cohesion. Types of Cohesion. Grammatical Cohesion sac 12 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABSTRACT TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF MARKERS AND ABBREVIATIONS LIST OF TABLES CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTIƠN.1 Ralionale of the Study - 1 1. Aims of the Study 1.Scope of the Smdy 1.
Method of the Study 1. Design of the Study. CHAPTER 2: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 2. The Linguislic System 5 2.v con nhe eo ceeonỂ 2.
Cohesion 2, 1, Concept of Cohesion. Types of Cohesion. Grammatical Cohesion sac 12 ACKNOWLEDGE! T would like to express my deep gratitude towards my supervisor, Prof. Hoang Van Van, for his constant and invaluable assistance without which my study would be far from finished T greatly wish to acknowledge my thanks to Dr.
BS Tuin Minh whose research on Thematic Structure in English and Vietmamese has helped me much during my study. Tam also greatly indebted to all my colleagues at Ben Tam High School who provided me with valuable materials and enthusiastic support on the aspect of my research. Finally, my sincere thanks go to my beloved family for their love, encouragement, and support while I was carrying out this research. Tlanoi, August 2013 Via Thi Thanh Ngo LIST OF TABLES Table 1; Mood Type and Unmarked Theme Selection (Halliday, 2001: 78).
Table 2: Reference of the Text Table 3: Substitution of the Text ‘Table 4; Llipsis of the ‘Text. ‘Table 5: Conjunctive Devices of the Text. Table 6; Lexical Devices Summary ABSTRACT This study is an altermpl lo apply systertic functional grammar lo investigating a short story “Ihe Last Leaf” by O’Henry in terms of the theme theme structure and cohesive ties. Based on the theory of systemic fimetional grammar as developed by Halliday, the study focuses on the analysis of O’Hemy’s story “The Last Leal” in terms of the textual metafunction which is represented via theme - theme pattern, and cohesion (grammatical cohesion and lexical cohesion) of the text.
The findings show that in torms of theme - sheme pattem, topical theme which forms unmarked one is the most striking feature of the text. We can also realize how the author develops the text and oreales @ surprise ending wlrich makes th slory one of O'Henry’s masterpicoe Moreover, grammatical cohesion represented by reference and conjunctive devices and lexical cohesion shown via repetition, synonyms, meronyms and antonyms make the text more cohesive and coherent. The analysis proves that systemic functional grammar is the smartest choice for those whose concern is for the structure and meaning of a particular text iii 2. " fe ee LE 2.
CHAPTER 3: THEME — RHEME AND COHESIVE TIES IN THE SHORT STORY “IHE LAST LEAF” BY Q7HENRY 3. " cae eee ¬—¬ sen re crete 9 3. The Context of the Chosen Text 19 3. The Analysis of the text terms of There — Rhee.
Marked and Unmarked Theme. The Cohesion of the Text. Grammatical Cohesion sac - 39 3.2, Implications for the Study 43 4. Suggestions for Further Study.
1 LIST OF MARKERS AND ABBREVIATIONS Repetition Antonym Meronym HYP Hyponym SYN Synonym coL Collocation, Personal Reference RD Demonstrative Reference Comparalive Reference Anaphoric reference Exophoric reference Cataphoric reference TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABSTRACT TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF MARKERS AND ABBREVIATIONS LIST OF TABLES CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTIƠN.1 Ralionale of the Study - 1 1. Aims of the Study 1.Scope of the Smdy 1. Method of the Study 1. Design of the Study.
CHAPTER 2: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 2. The Linguislic System 5 2.v con nhe eo ceeonỂ 2. Cohesion 2, 1, Concept of Cohesion. Types of Cohesion.
Grammatical Cohesion sac 12 2. " fe ee LE 2. CHAPTER 3: THEME — RHEME AND COHESIVE TIES IN THE SHORT STORY “IHE LAST LEAF” BY Q7HENRY 3. " cae eee ¬—¬ sen re crete 9 3.
The Context of the Chosen Text 19 3. The Analysis of the text terms of There — Rhee. Marked and Unmarked Theme. The Cohesion of the Text.
Grammatical Cohesion sac - 39 3.2, Implications for the Study 43 4. Suggestions for Further Study. 1 LIST OF TABLES Table 1; Mood Type and Unmarked Theme Selection (Halliday, 2001: 78). Table 2: Reference of the Text Table 3: Substitution of the Text ‘Table 4; Llipsis of the ‘Text.
‘Table 5: Conjunctive Devices of the Text. Table 6; Lexical Devices Summary ABSTRACT This study is an altermpl lo apply systertic functional grammar lo investigating a short story “Ihe Last Leaf” by O’Henry in terms of the theme theme structure and cohesive ties. Based on the theory of systemic fimetional grammar as developed by Halliday, the study focuses on the analysis of O’Hemy’s story “The Last Leal” in terms of the textual metafunction which is represented via theme - theme pattern, and cohesion (grammatical cohesion and lexical cohesion) of the text. The findings show that in torms of theme - sheme pattem, topical theme which forms unmarked one is the most striking feature of the text.
We can also realize how the author develops the text and oreales @ surprise ending wlrich makes th slory one of O'Henry’s masterpicoe Moreover, grammatical cohesion represented by reference and conjunctive devices and lexical cohesion shown via repetition, synonyms, meronyms and antonyms make the text more cohesive and coherent. The analysis proves that systemic functional grammar is the smartest choice for those whose concern is for the structure and meaning of a particular text iii LIST OF MARKERS AND ABBREVIATIONS Repetition Antonym Meronym HYP Hyponym SYN Synonym coL Collocation, Personal Reference RD Demonstrative Reference Comparalive Reference Anaphoric reference Exophoric reference Cataphoric reference ACKNOWLEDGE! T would like to express my deep gratitude towards my supervisor, Prof. Hoang Van Van, for his constant and invaluable assistance without which my study would be far from finished T greatly wish to acknowledge my thanks to Dr. BS Tuin Minh whose research on Thematic Structure in English and Vietmamese has helped me much during my study.
Tam also greatly indebted to all my colleagues at Ben Tam High School who provided me with valuable materials and enthusiastic support on the aspect of my research.
