VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI
UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
FACULTY OF POST – GRADUATE STUDIES
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Đặng Thị Anh Thư
Course: M.A16

A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF ‘I HAVE A
DREAM’ BY MARTIN LUTHER KING

PHÂN TÍCH DIỄN NGÔN PHÊ PHÁN BÀI PHÁT BIỂU ‘I HAVE A
DREAM’ CỦA MARTIN LUTHER KING

M.A Thesis

Field: English Linguistics
Code: 602215

Hanoi – 2010



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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY OF STUDY PROJECT REPORT i
ACKNOWLEDGE ii
ABSTRACT iii
TABLE OF CONTENT iv
FIGURES AND TABLES vi

PART A: INTRODUCTION
1. Rationale 1
2. Scope of study 2
3. Aims of study 2
4. Significance 2
5. Methodology 3
6. Design of study 3

PART B: DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW
1.1 Martin Luther King and the speech ‗I have a dream‘ 5
1.2 An overview of CDA 6
1.2.1 History
1.2.2 Definition
1.2.3 Methodology for CDA – the three-dimensional framework
1.3 SFG and its role in relationship with CDA 9
1.3.1 SFG and its role in relationship with CDA
1.3.2 SFG and the three meta-functions of language