A comparative analysis of tourism texts in Chinese and in English foregrounds three functions both literatures are meant to perform: the directive, the descriptive, and the informational function.

本文从语篇及语篇功能分析入手，认为英汉旅游文本分别具有指示功能，信息功能和描写功能，指示功能为主导功能，属语篇的内在功能；后两者为辅助功能，服务于指示功能，属外在功能。

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