Doctoral dissertation in social sciences and humanities: Linguistic features of verbal repairs in english and Vietnamese conversations

This study aims at investigating the linguistic features of verbal repairs in English and Vietnamese conversations in films via the pragmatic, semantic and syntactic features. Besides, the similarities and differences in linguistic features of verbal repair in two the languages were to be recognized. Finally, some implications were given to help English and Vietnamese interlocutors, researchers of films learn about how to overcome the breakdowns during their conversations.
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Doctoral dissertation in social sciences and humanities: Linguistic features of verbal repairs in english and Vietnamese conversations THE UNIVERSITY OF DANANG UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES NGUYỄN THỊ MINH HẠNHLINGUISTIC FEATURES OF VERBAL REPAIRS IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE CONVERSATIONS DOCTORAL DISSERTATION IN SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES Da Nang, 2021 THE UNIVERSITY OF DANANG UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES NGUYỄN THỊ MINH HẠNH LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF VERBAL REPAIRS IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE CONVERSATIONS Major: ENGLISH LINGUISTICS Code: 9.22.02.01 DOCTORAL DISSERTATION IN SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIESSUPERVISOR: Assoc.Prof.Dr. NGUYỄN THỊ QUỲNH HOA Da Nang, 2021 i TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Table of Contents ............................................................................................ i List of Abbreviations ...................................................................................... v CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1.1. Rationale ...................................................................................................... 21.2. Aims and Objectives ..................................................................................... 51.2.1. Aims of the Study .................................................................................... 51.2.2. Objectives of the Study ........................................................................... 51.3. Research Questions....................................................................................... 51.4. Scope of the Study ........................................................................................ 61.5. Significance of the Study .............................................................................. 71.5.1. Theoretical Significance of the Study .................................................... 71.5.2. Practical Significance of the Study ........................................................ 81.6. Structure of the Thesis .................................................................................. 8 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW2.1. Definitions of Terms ................................................................................... 102.2. Theoretical Background .............................................................................. 11 2.2.1. Conversation. ........................................................................................ 11 2.2.2. Conversation Analysis ........................................................................... 14 2.2.3. Utterances ............................................................................................. 20 2.2.4. Speech Act of Repair ............................................................................ 21 2.2.5. Linguistic Features of Verbal Repairs ................................................... 242.3. Previous Studies Related to the Study ......................................................... 372.4. Summary .................................................................................................... 44 CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3.1. Research Design ..................................................................................... 45 3.2. Research Methods................................................................................... 47 ii 3.2.1. Data Collection Method ................................................................... 47 3.2.2. Data Analysis Method ....................................................................... 543.3. Data Coding Method ............................................................................... 543.4. Analytical Framework ............................................................................ 563.5. Reliability and Validity ........................................................................... 57 3.5.1. Reliability ......................................................................................... 57 3.5.2. Validity ............................................................................................ 583.6. Summary ................................................................................................ 58 CHAPTER 4: PRAGMATIC FEATURES OF VERBAL REPAIRS INENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE TELEVISION FILM CONVERSATIONS4.1. Pragmatic Features of Verbal Self-Repairs............................................... 60 4.1.1. Pragmatic Features of Verbal Self-Repair in EFCs ............................. 60 4.1.2. Pragmatic Features of Verbal Self-Repair in VFCs ............................ 66 4.1.3. Similarities and Differences ............................................................... 724.2. Pragmatic Features of Verbal Other-Repairs ........................................... 73 4.2.1. Pragmatic Features of Verbal Other-Repair in EFCs ......................... 73 4.2.2. Pragmatic Features of Verbal Other-Repair in VFCs ......................... 82 4.2.3. Similarities and Differences ............................................................. 904.3. Summary ................................................................................................ 91 CHAPTER 5: SEMANTIC FEATURES OF VERBAL REPAIRS INENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE TELEVISION FILM CONVERSATIONS5.1. Semantic Features of Verbal Self-Repair in EFCs in Films ...................... 93 5.1. ...