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2. Newmark (1988) suggests that texts can serve 3 main kinds of functions. (CLO 1)
Questions:
a. Identify the main function of each of the following texts. (5pts)
b. Identify the linguistic features that distinguish text A from text B (10 pts)
Text A:
The policeman on the beat moved up the avenue impressively. The way he walked
was from habit, and not for show, because spectators were few. The time was barely
10 o’clock at night, but chilly gusts of wind with a taste of rain in them had nearly
emptied the streets.
Trying doors as he went, twirling his club with many intricate and artful movements,
turning now and then to cast his watchful eyes down the quiet street, the officer made
a fine picture of a guardian of the peace. The area was one that kept early hours. Now
and then you might see the lights of a cigar store or of an all-night lunch counter, but
the majority of the business places had long since closed for the night.
About midway down a certain block, the policemen suddenly slowed his walk. In the
doorway of a darkened hardware store, a man leaned, with an unlighted cigar in his
mouth. As the policeman walked up to him the man spoke up quickly.
"It's all right, officer," he said, reassuringly. "I'm just waiting for a friend. It's an
appointment made twenty years ago.”
Text B:
Tucked away in a side street near an urban park named Seoul Forest is a tea shop that
barely seats 10. Here, you can’t talk. Your phone must be on silent. No shoes allowed.
The rules have one aim. Relax. Just space out.
Spacing out is known in Korean as “hitting mung,” a slang usage of the word
“mung” to describe a state of being totally zoned out. (In this case, “mung” describes
a state of blankness.)
As South Koreans enter the living-with-corona phase of the pandemic, some are
easing back into social life by visiting public spaces where they can be alone and do
very little. Nothing is the new something in South Korea as people desperately seek
refuge from the pressures of living as functioning adults in a global pandemic in a
high-stress and fast-paced society with soaring real estate prices and often-grueling
work schedules.
…
Cafes like Green Lab, the shop near Seoul Forest, have been featured in local media
reports and have enjoyed a steady stream of visitors throughout the pandemic by
offering spaces to heal and “hit mung.” Over tea, customers can read, write poetry,
meditate or simply stare out at the trees.
(By Michelle Ye Hee Lee. Adapted from South Koreans seek places to ‘space out’
and shed stress - The Washington Post)
(Kiến nghị bỏ khẩu hiệu 'Tiên học lễ, hậu học văn': Giáo sư Trần Ngọc Thêm nói gì? -
Tuổi Trẻ Online (tuoitre.vn))