Of Halliday's three metafunctions, the textual function helps the written or spoken text organized into a coherent one as a whole. In the textual function, the thematic structure gives the clause its character as ...Of Halliday's three metafunctions, the textual function helps the written or spoken text organized into a coherent one as a whole. In the textual function, the thematic structure gives the clause its character as a message. Since tourism has become a booming industry on the global scale, introductions to scenic spots play a crucial role in attracting or persuading readers to visit the tourist destinations. This paper, by comparing the thematic structures of two English introductions to scenic spots, tries to analyze how the writer organizes the thematic structure in English tourist tests to achieve their communicative purpose of publicizing and promotion.展开更多
This paper aims to explore and research the function of discursive construction to tourism resources through discourses. The textual introduction about tourism resources has become a remarkable and practical method to...This paper aims to explore and research the function of discursive construction to tourism resources through discourses. The textual introduction about tourism resources has become a remarkable and practical method to publicize its fame and attract tourists at commercial economy time. Meanwhile, these discourses also produce function of discursive construction to tourism resources. Adopting Bhatia＇s multi-perspective model of discourse as theoretical framework, this paper explores how discourses have institutionalized scenery of West Lake, Hangzhou. And through genre analysis of two textual introductions of West Lake written in a different times, this research investigates how discourses play its role in constructing sightseeing resources to appeal to visitors.展开更多
文摘Of Halliday's three metafunctions, the textual function helps the written or spoken text organized into a coherent one as a whole. In the textual function, the thematic structure gives the clause its character as a message. Since tourism has become a booming industry on the global scale, introductions to scenic spots play a crucial role in attracting or persuading readers to visit the tourist destinations. This paper, by comparing the thematic structures of two English introductions to scenic spots, tries to analyze how the writer organizes the thematic structure in English tourist tests to achieve their communicative purpose of publicizing and promotion.
文摘This paper aims to explore and research the function of discursive construction to tourism resources through discourses. The textual introduction about tourism resources has become a remarkable and practical method to publicize its fame and attract tourists at commercial economy time. Meanwhile, these discourses also produce function of discursive construction to tourism resources. Adopting Bhatia＇s multi-perspective model of discourse as theoretical framework, this paper explores how discourses have institutionalized scenery of West Lake, Hangzhou. And through genre analysis of two textual introductions of West Lake written in a different times, this research investigates how discourses play its role in constructing sightseeing resources to appeal to visitors.
