Master minor programme thesis English linguistics: A comparative study of the lexical means of modality employed in culture and sport editorials of commendation on the usatoday.com and the vietnamnews.vn from 2012 to 2015

The study aimed at finding out the similarities and differences in employing lexical means of modality in two newspapers so that the results of the research could be a guide in teaching and learning English reading, writing and translation generally and in journalism particularly.
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Master minor programme thesis English linguistics: A comparative study of the lexical means of modality employed in culture and sport editorials of commendation on the usatoday.com and the vietnamnews.vn from 2012 to 2015 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOIUNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES LÊ THỊ THÙY A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE LEXICAL MEANS OFMODALITY EMPLOYED IN CULTURE AND SPORT EDITORIALS OF COMMENDATION ON THE USATODAY.COM AND THE VIETNAMNEWS.VN FROM 2012 TO 2015 NGHIÊN CỨU SO SÁNH NHỮNG PHƢƠNG TIỆN TỪ VỰNG CỦA TÍNH TÌNH THÁI TRONG CÁC BÀI XÃ LUẬN KHEN NGỢI VỀLĨNH VỰC VĂN HÓA VÀ THỂ THAO TRÊN BÁO USATODAY.COM VÀ VIETNAMNEWS.VN TỪ NĂM 2012 ĐẾN 2015 M.A. Minor Thesis Field: English linguistics Code: 60220201 HANOI – 2016 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOIUNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES LÊ THỊ THÙY A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE LEXICAL MEANS OFMODALITY EMPLOYED IN CULTURE AND SPORT EDITORIALS OF COMMENDATION ON THE USATODAY.COM AND THE VIETNAMNEWS.VN FROM 2012 TO 2015 NGHIÊN CỨU SO SÁNH NHỮNG PHƢƠNG TIỆN TỪ VỰNG CỦA TÍNH TÌNH THÁI TRONG CÁC BÀI XÃ LUẬN KHEN NGỢI VỀLĨNH VỰC VĂN HÓA VÀ THỂ THAO TRÊN BÁO USATODAY.COM VÀ VIETNAMNEWS.VN TỪ NĂM 2012 ĐẾN 2015 M.A. Minor Thesis Field: English linguistics Code: 60220201 Supervisor: Tô Thị Thu Hương, Ph.D HANOI – 2016 DECLARATION I certify that the work contained in this thesis is the result of my ownresearch, and this thesis has not been submitted for any degree at any otheruniversity or institution. Hanoi, October 2016 Signature Lê Thị Thùy i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the following people whohave offered support and encouragement in all their different ways throughoutthis study. I am indeed thankful to my supervisor, Dr. Tô Thị Thu Hương, whosesympathetic guidance has been the source of inspiration and knowledge for myresearch. I am also grateful to other teachers of the Department of Post-GraduateStudies for their encouragement and valuable advice.My great thanks are also given to my family and my friends who haveencouraged me a lot during the process of my study. ii ABSTRACTThe thesis analyzed the selected editorials of commendation on cultural andsporty fields chosen from the American English newspaper, the usatoday.com,and the Vietnamese English newspaper, the vietnamnews.vn, to identify thelexical means of modality employed in the two newspapers. The study aimed atanalyzing how similar and different in tendencies of using modality as well asthe functions of modality employed in commendation editorials in the twonewspapers. The data showed that modality was realized in the two newspapersthrough modal auxiliary verbs, ‗knowledge‘ verbs, certain reporting verbs,modal adjectives and adverbs, and some modal nouns. From the findings, theresearch also provided some suggestions in teaching and learning English. iii TABLE OF CONTENSDECLARATION ................................................................................................ 1ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.................................................................................iiABSTRACT ...................................................................................................... iiiLIST OF ABBREVIATIONS...............................................................................viLIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES....................................................................viiCHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ........................................................................ 1 1.1. Justification ............................................................................................... 1 1.2. Aim and purposes of Research ................................................................. 4 1.3. Research questions .................................................................................... 3 1.4. Significance ............................................................................................... 4 1.5. Thesis outline...................................................................................... ...