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Acknowledgement |
3-4 |
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Abstract |
4-5 |
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摘要 |
5-8 |
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Chapter 1 Introduction |
8-12 |
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1.1 Background of the Research |
8-9 |
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1.2 Significance of the Research |
9-10 |
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1.3 Purposes of the Research |
10-11 |
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1.4 Organization of the Thesis |
11-12 |
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Chapter 2 Literature Review |
12-36 |
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2.1 Genre and Genre Analysis |
12-33 |
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2.1.1 Definition of Genre |
12-20 |
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2.1.2 Discourse Community |
20-24 |
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2.1.3 Approaches to Genre Analysis |
24-30 |
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2.1.4 Genre and English for Specific Purpose (ESP) |
30-33 |
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2.2 An Overview of Legal Memorandum |
33-36 |
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2.2.1 Legal Memoranda as a Genre |
33-34 |
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2.2.2 Gaps in the Research of Legal Memoranda |
34-36 |
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Chapter 3 Methodology and Data |
36-40 |
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3.1 Methodology |
36-37 |
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3.2 Research Procedure |
37-38 |
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3.3 Standards of Identification of Moves and Steps |
38 |
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3.4 Data Collection |
38-40 |
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Chapter 4 Generic Features of Legal Memoranda |
40-60 |
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4.1 Legal Memoranda as a Legal Language |
40 |
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4.2 Communicative Purposes of Legal Memoranda |
40-41 |
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4.3 Generic Feature of Legal Memoranda |
41-50 |
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4.3.1 Moves and Steps in Legal Memoranda |
41-44 |
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4.3.2 Obligatory Moves and Steps in Legal Memoranda |
44-50 |
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4.4 Rationale Behind Generic Structure of Legal Memoranda |
50-53 |
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4.4.1 Purposes of Writing a Legal Memorandum |
51-52 |
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4.4.2 Professional Threshold |
52 |
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4.4.3 Reader’s Logic |
52-53 |
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4.4.4 Current Needs |
53 |
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4.5 Linguistic Features of Legal Memoranda |
53-60 |
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4.5.1 Accuracy |
53-54 |
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4.5.2 Clarity |
54-56 |
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4.5.3 Concision |
56-57 |
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4.5.4 Simplicity |
57-58 |
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4.5.5 Tone |
58-60 |
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Chapter 5 Conclusion |
60-63 |
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Bibliography |
63-66 |
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Appendix 1 |
66-71 |
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Appendix 2 |
71-74 |
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Appendix 3 |
74-77 |
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Appendix 4 |
77-78 |
