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Mapping Genres, Mapping Culture: Japanese texts in context
Edited by Elizabeth A. Thomson, Motoki Sano and Helen de Silva Joyce
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 281] 2017
► pp. 29–55

Chapter 2
Exploring the structure and meaning of the family of procedural texts in Japanese

Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Aims and methodology of the study
  • 3.Transitivity analysis
    • 3.1Material clauses – happenings and doings
    • 3.2Mental clauses – thinking and feeling
    • 3.3Relational clauses
    • 3.4Domain
    • 3.5Circumstances
  • 4.Theme analysis
  • 5.Mood analysis
    • 5.1Command through Imperative Mood
    • 5.2Command through Declarative Mood
    • 5.3Command through Oblative Mood
  • 6.The genre and register features of the data set texts
    • 6.1Register variables across the texts
    • 6.2Generic structure of the texts
  • 7.Tenor and language selections
    • 7.1Social status and degree of control in tenor
    • 7.2Language selections
  • 8.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 7 December 2017
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