04302nam a22003611a 4500 000035487 11773 20210801113812.0 160107s2015 000 eng eng 420.4 NG-T Nguyễn Đào Bích Ty An investigation into appreciation used in book reviews in english / Nguyễn Đào Bích Ty. 2015. 132tr . : ĐHĐN : ĐHĐN ; 30cm+. Book reviews belong to a kind of academic discourse. It is multi-functional, not only providing an information service for the readers and but also an opportunity for reviewers to express their personal opinion of a published book. Basically, book reviews usually contain numerous evaluation resources which require the reviewers and the readers linguistic knowledge and skills to perform the reviewing and comprehending. This study examined the employment of expression of appreciation in English book reviews. All these texts were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. Moreover, the descriptive method was employed in doing this research. The study was conducted and based on a descriptive framework of traditional grammar, appraisal and speech act theory. By selecting 134 book reviews in English from some famous websites, the author of this study made a small corpus. The samples of appreciation are instances of words, phrases, and few small clauses identified in the light of the sub-categories of appreciation. The results reveal that adjective phrase is the highly used evaluative resource and has attributive or predicative functions in sentences. Significantly, the construction with pattern: “S + V + CsAPPRECIATION + A” is found very common in appreciation used in EBRs. Similarly, the kind of appreciation used the most was valuation followed by composition and reaction. The present study also investigated the ways in which the writer constructs an evaluative stance in EBRs by employing illocutionary force and boosters in attempt to interact with readers. Finally, the findings also aim at suggesting some implications for comprehending and using appreciation in book reviews as well as teaching English to Vietnamese learners, especially who are interested in the appraisal theory and the writing skill appreciation used in book reviews in english appreciation used in book book reviews in english Ngũ Thiện Hùng supervisor LNN Luận văn thạc sĩ UDN50 LNN English 420.4 NG-T available Error 5001 Not defined in file expand_doc_bib_avail. 1 0 N 0 AN 1 An investigation into appreciation used in book reviews in english / Library of UFL VIEW http://catalog.udn.vn:80/F?func=service&doc_library=UDN01&local_base=UDN01&doc_number=000035487&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA tomtat_000011545.pdf pdf 000588981 20210801 NTMTHI An investigation into appreciation used in book reviews in english / Library of UFL VIEW http://catalog.udn.vn:80/F?func=service&doc_library=UDN01&local_base=UDN01&doc_number=000035487&sequence=000002&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA luanvan_000011547.pdf pdf 001186783 20210801 NTMTHI From the UDN01 UDN50 LNN English 420.4 NG-T available Error 5001 Not defined in file expand_doc_bib_avail. 1 0 N 0 AN 1 Monograph Printed language An investigation into appreciation used in book reviews in english / Library of UFL VIEW http://catalog.udn.vn:80/F?func=service&doc_library=UDN01&local_base=UDN01&doc_number=000035487&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA tomtat_000011545.pdf pdf 000588981 20210801 NTMTHI An investigation into appreciation used in book reviews in english / Library of UFL VIEW http://catalog.udn.vn:80/F?func=service&doc_library=UDN01&local_base=UDN01&doc_number=000035487&sequence=000002&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA luanvan_000011547.pdf pdf 001186783 20210801 NTMTHI Mạng thư viện Đại học Đà Nẵng