AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF WISHES IN ENGLISH GREETING CARDS
This thesis attempts to investigate the syntactic and pragmatic aspects of wishes in English greeting cards in analysis different events/contexts, the ways of formalizing the wishes and structures of giving wishes. The data of the study were collected from greeting cards of two famous card com...
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| Idioma: | English |
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Trường Đại học Ngoại ngữ, Đại học Đà Nẵng
2025
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| Accés en línia: | https://data.ufl.udn.vn/handle/UFL/1751 |
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| Thư viện lưu trữ: | Trường Đại học Ngoại ngữ - Đại học Đà Nẵng |
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| Sumari: | This thesis attempts to investigate the syntactic and pragmatic aspects
of wishes in English greeting cards in analysis different events/contexts, the
ways of formalizing the wishes and structures of giving wishes. The data of
the study were collected from greeting cards of two famous card companies:
Hallmark and American Greeting. The data were then described on the syntax
and pragmatics and showed that there are distinguishing features in the wishes
in English greeting cards. Through wishes, senders give different
illocutionary forces in different greeting cards in terms of contexts. Beside
that, wishes in greeting cards are formalized in different tones such as: formal
tone, funny tone, heartfelt tone, lighthearted tone, religious tone, simply stated
tone, sweet tone. In each tone, the wishes become more colorful and
diversifying. The last but not least, wishes are recognized in modal verb
structures, phrases or sentences. The results have provided practical
implications in language teaching and learning of giving wishes for English
and Vietnamese users and learners. |
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