GENRE ANALYSIS OF JAPANESE CIVIL PRECEDENTS AND SOME ATTENTION OF EXAMINATION

Tóm tắt

Genre analysis is one of the levels of discourse analysis in the light of Systemic Functional Linguistics. Martin (2007) proposed three strata in approaching discourse including the context of culture, situation, and discourse semantics (lexico-grammar). This paper examined the Generic Structure Potential (GSP) of Japanese precedents under the theory proposed by Hasan (1989) and then, provided some attention to characterizing other legal discourses. The result of the examination of 34 Japanese civil precedents showed that there were 9 elements likely to appear, including 5 mandatory elements and 4 optional elements. The order of the elements was as follows in precedent discourses: PreNo, CD, CC, Lsource, CFI, CF, CP, FO, and CM. Three attentions were recommended during the GSP examination of the legal discourses to teach Japanese for a specific purpose.