Abstract (English) 4 Abstract (Chinese) 7-12 Chapter One Introduction 12-18 1.1 Introduction 12-13 1.2 Rationale of the Study 13-15 1.3 Objectives and Research Questions 15 1.4 Methodology 15-16 1.5 Data 16-17 1.6 Organization of the Thesis 17-18 Chapter Two Literature Review 18-30 2.1 Introduction 18 2.2 Relationship between Language, Discourse and Power 18-20 2.3 Linguistic Studies of Legislative Discourse 20-27 2.3.1 Linguistic Studies of Legislative Discourse Abroad 21-24 2.3.2 Linguistic Studies of Legislative Discourse at Home 24-27 2.4 Preliminary Exploration: language and context 27-29 2.5 Conclusion 29-30 Chapter Three Theoretical Framework 30-50 3.1 Introduction 30 3.2 Model of the Systemic Functional Approach 30-42 3.2.1 Register and Genre 31-38 3.2.1.1 Register 31-34 3.2.1.2 Genre 34-37 3.2.1.3 Relationship of Register and Genre 37-38 3.2.2 Language and Register 38-40 3.2.3 Genre, Register and Language 40-42 3.3 Halliday’s Functional Grammar 42-43 3.4 Construction of the Analytical Framework 43-45 3.5 Analytical Aspects in the Framework 45-49 3.5.1 Description of Genre and Register 45-46 3.5.2 Grammatical System 46-49 3.6 Conclusion 49-50 Chapter Four Analysis of Constitution of the People’s Republic of China 50-82 4.1 Introduction 50 4.2 Nature of Constitution of the People’s Republic of China 50-51 4.3 Genre Analysis 51-60 4.3.1 Overall Purpose of Constitution of the People’s Republic of China 51-52 4.3.2 Schematic Structure and Realizational Patterns 52-60 4.3.3 Discussion of Genre Analysis 60 4.4 Register Analysis 60-81 4.4.1 Field 61-67 4.4.1.1 Transitivity 62-67 4.4.2 Tenor 67-74 4.4.2.1 Mood 69-72 4.4.2.2 Modality 72-74 4.4.3 Mode 74-79 4.4.3.1 Theme 76-77 4.4.3.2 Cohesion 77-78 4.4.3.3 Nominalization 78-79 4.4.4 Discussion of Register Analysis 79-81 4.5 Conclusion 81-82 Chapter Five Conclusion 82-86 5.1 Summary of the Present Study 82-83 5.2 Significances of the Present Study 83-84 5.3 Limitations of the Present study 84-86 Appendix 1 86-87 Appendix 2 87-88 Bibliography 88-90 |
