... UNIVERSITY, HA NOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES NGUYỄN THỊ MẾN THE MEANING AND STRUCTURE OF AN AMERICANSHORT STORY: A SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS ... made to explore the grammar and meaning of the shortstory “Witches’ Loaves” by O’Henry as a text which is taken from “O’Henry’s short stories online” The procedures and conventions used in the ... 11 CHAPTER 2: THE MEANING AND STRUCTURE OF THE TEXT “WITCHES’S LOAVES” 12 2.1 The Chosen Text 12 2.2 Clauses and Clause Complex Analysis 132...
... analyse a shortstory by O‟Henry is first and foremost due to my strong favourite for Americanshort stories, especially, O.Henry‟s ones Therefore, I would like to have a deep understanding of ... MEANING AND STRUCTURE OF THE SHORTSTORY “WITCHES‟ LOAVES” 2.1 The chosen Text “Witches’ Loaves” is a shortstory by O”Henry It is about Miss Martha‟s – the owner of a bakery- hidden love and deep ... roles and to express and understand feelings, attitude and judgments This function is known as the interpersonal function Language is used to relate what is said (or written) to the real world and...
... analyse a shortstory by O’Henry is first and foremost due to my strong favourite for Americanshort stories, especially, O.Henry’s ones Therefore, I would like to have a deep understanding of ... Functional grammar sees language first and foremost as a system of communication and analyzes grammar to discover how it is organized to allow speakers and writers to make any exchange meanings ... beloved short stories, one of which is the shortstory “Witches’ loaves” by O’Henry I myself find that functional grammar with the systemic functional analysis method is a very useful tool and an...
... including culture and society, literature, short stories and other genres of literature, techniques in storytelling, andshort literary works and their portrayal of culture and society Besides, ... literature, short stories and other genres of literature including essay and memoir, techniques in storytelling and moreover, short literary works and their portrayal of life With the understanding ... love, thirst for love and try their best to achieve true love In the shortstory Watermelon Days selected in The Best AmericanShortStory 2002, Tom McNeal draws a picture of an American woman in...
... left Just rising from her hands and knees on the brink of the water hole was Josefa O'Donnell She had been drinking water, and she brushed the sand from the palms of her hands Ten yards away, to ... Givens, feeling aggrieved, and suspicious of fouls, shook his fist at the lion, and shouted: "I'll rastle you again for twenty " and then he got back to himself Josefa was standing in her tracks, ... glances, and rode with her Side by side they galloped across the smooth grass, the princess and the man who was kind to animals The prairie odours of fruitful earth and delicate bloom were thick and...
... tell you; and then you run your mind back along the people you've known and see what you make of it." And so I cornered Bridger in a place where they have artificial palms and wine; and he told ... indignation and also returned to his chair And then Plunkett with the spring of a tiger, leaped around the corner of the table and snapped handcuffs on the paralyzed Morgan's wrists "Hound-lover and ... Plunkett stopped to shake hands with me and I asked him the same question." "'Mr Bridger,' said he, 'I'm a Kentuckian, and I've seen a great deal of both men and animals And I never yet saw a man...
... to plug through snow now and then, and see a game of baseball and wear a stiff collar and have a policeman cuss you Still, La Paz is a good sort of a pipedreamy old hole And Mrs Conant is here ... and I tried to find you, but couldn't Now, Merriam, shake hands and forget it all I was as much to blame as you were; and the shot really did me good I came out of the hospital as healthy and ... Presently Merriam came out and joined him His eye was strangely bright "Bibb, my boy," said he, slowly waving his hand, "do you see those mountains and that sea and sky and sun- shine? they're...
... more He needn't ever have done so You ought to know that And so now you are one of these dashing Western heroes, and you ride and shoot and go into all kinds of dangers That's different from the ... to speak truly and simply without the gloss of style and manner: "Mamma and I spent the summer in Denver She went home a week ago because father was slightly ill I could live and be happy in ... everything But people always misunderstand things and remain stupid-" "Say, Mr Marshal," growled the glum-faced man "This isn't quite fair I'm needing a drink, and haven't had a smoke all day Haven't...
... thousand tons, but I promised him to bring them along." II It is a common custom to refer to the usual complication between one man and two ladies, or one lady and two men, or a lady and a man and ... right and proper You see, I don't know much about city people and their ways." Old Jerome threw his paper down and set both his feet upon it He took Gilbert's note and fiercely perused it twice, and ... coffee-grounds The writing was asthmatic and the spelling St Vitusy It appeared that instead of Dick having forced Fortune to stand and deliver, he had been held up himself, and made to give hostages to...
... and roaring "Smoky's" chest, he improved the opportunity by vigorously kneading handfuls of sand and soil into his adversary's ears, eyes and mouth, and when "Smoky" got the proper leg hold and ... bat lying on the ground, and at the "leaguer" rounding his pocket "Sure," he said, offhandedly "The 'Yellowjackets'" plays the 'Long Islands.' I'm cap'n of the 'Long Islands.' "I guess I didn't ... had come Reporters and photographers swarmed to the island The papers printed half-page pictures of him as short- stop stopping a hot grounder The Toadies' Magazine got out a Bat and Ball number...
... revealed Turpin placed an ear to the crack and listened intently He heard the soft hum of many voices, low and guarded laughter, and a sharp, metallic clicking and scraping as if from a multitude of ... expensively and fashionably clothed, many beautiful and of refined appearance had been seated at little marble-topped tables When the police burst open the door they shrieked and ran here and there ... not hold any of yez Some of yez I recognize as having fine houses and good standing in the community, with hard-working husbands and childer at home But I'll read ye a bit of a lecture before ye...
... written to the Count, he raises his hand to heaven and exclaims: "O God, who created woman while Adam slept, and gave her to him for a companion, take back Thy gift and return instead the sleep, though ... rapid and mortal duel between them from that moment she with her magnificent lies and siren charm, winding about him like a serpent, trying to recover her lost ground; he with his man's agony and ... from a first-row balcony standpoint I'm a theatre bug during the season, and I can size up a fake play almost as quick as the gallery can Flag the waiter once more, and then go ahead as hard as...
... the analysis of a shortstory written by a noted Americanwriter Data collection Data will be collected from clauses in the shortstory “The Law of Life” by the famous Americanwriter - Jack London ... one between the writerand the readers, and the other between the characters (the main character and his son) In this story, the writer plays the role of the narrator using neutral and daily lexis ... combination of andand another conjunctive element e.g and then, and afterwards, and at that time etc Halliday distinguishes four subtypes of enhancement: temporal, spatial, manner and causal-conditional...
... drink He stood nearby and watched them He began to think about his life and about how lonely he was Yet he was stronger than his three companions He could have left them there and set off alone But ... became colder The wind increased, and it began to snow Oakhurst had a bad feeling He turned to where Uncle Billy had slept, and found him gone He had left the others and even taken their horses Oakhurst ... running low Everything around them was white and cold One week later they still had not moved The snow had continued to fall and was deeper than ever And it continued to fall It formed a prison...
... positive Addition: adversative Addition: positive Time: simple andand but and then but but andAnd then An hour later andandand But AndAnd then 38 As can be seen from the analysis above, there ... haven, it depicts characters and themes typical of O‟Henry‟s works The author is O‟Henry, who is one of the greatest Americanshortstory writers This story is one of 381 short stories he wrote in ... theme-rheme and cohesive ties of the shortstory “The Last Leaf” by O‟Henry based on the systemic functional approached mentioned before hand 18 CHAPTER THEME – RHEME AND COHESIVE TIES IN THE SHORT STORY...
... expanded and developed in the text Expansion, therefore, could help to understand the interdependency and logico-semantic relation between clauses In addition, I am fascinated by the shortstory ... groups as and in that way, 17 similarly, whereas and thus, and thereby, and so, and neither are used to introduce a clause of comparison For example: My sister doesn‟t go to school on Sunday and neither ... meaning, and realized by the mood and modality Regarding the speech function in the story, it can be seen that there are two role relationships; one between the writerand the reader, and the...
... understanding of the narrative structure as well as the meaning of the story 35 PART C: CONCLUSION Summary This is a study on transitivity and its realization in the shortstory “The Nightingale and ... TRANSITIVITY AND ITS REALIZATION IN THE SHORTSTORY “THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE ROSE”…….……………………… 15 2.1 The context of the chosen text……………………………….………………… 15 2.2 The analysis of the story into clauses ... way this story was told It was a bit fanciful in that the animals and trees could speak to one another about true love, sacrifice, and death It is a story that could easily be memorized and retold...
... into its texture and understand how the writer made clear to us the nature of his underlying concerns I would like to try myself to analyze the theme-rheme structure of the shortstory “The Last ... rather than with meaning and context of the text, functional grammar centers on both written and spoken language and emphasize how linguistic structures express meaning and views language as a ... “The Last Leaf” by O’Henry who is famous for short stories and their unexpected endings with the hope of exploring how the writer develop the text and what the purpose is Cohesive ties of the...
... SEMANTIC AND LEXICOGRAMMATICAL FEATURES OF THE SHORTSTORY MR KNOW ALL 23 3.1 W Somerset Maugham and the story Mr Know All 23 3.2 The analysis of the story in terms of clause and ... semantic and lexicogrammatical features of the story; they are the transitivity pattern, the mood and modality patterns, and the thematic pattern The text used as data for the study is a shortstory ... will sound choppy and immature while too many complex clauses will be difficult to read and hard to understand The use of clause and clause complex in the story seems to be precise and effective...
... the world, and the dates of all wars and battles, and how to restore drowned persons, and sunstroke, and the number of tacks in a pound, and how to make dynamite and flowers and beds, and what ... Turkish rugs and Maltese cats That spring me and Idaho struck pay ore It was a habit of ours to sell out quick and keep moving We unloaded our grubstaker for eight thousand dollars apiece; and then ... wine and a loaf of bread, and go singing and cavorting up and down under the trees with him? I take a little claret with my meals, but I'm not in the habit of packing a jug of it into the brush and...