AN INVESTIGATION INTO SEMANTIC AND PRAGMATIC FEATURES OF UTTERANCES DENOTING NEGATION WITHOUT CONTAINING NEGATIVE ELEMENTS IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE

AN INVESTIGATION INTO SEMANTIC AND PRAGMATIC FEATURES OF UTTERANCES DENOTING NEGATION WITHOUT CONTAINING NEGATIVE ELEMENTS IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE

This study reports an investigation into semantic and pragmatic features of utterances denoting negation without containing negative elements in English and in Vietnamese. It attempts to find out the similarities and differences as well as some outstanding advantages of applying semantics and...

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Hovedforfatter: LÊ HUY HOÀNG
Andre forfattere: TRẦN QUANG HẢI, Ph.D.
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description This study reports an investigation into semantic and pragmatic features of utterances denoting negation without containing negative elements in English and in Vietnamese. It attempts to find out the similarities and differences as well as some outstanding advantages of applying semantics and pragmatics in studying English as well as Vietnamese. The research data are collected from English and Vietnamese best-seller novels. After collecting the data, they are analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively. In this study, for the sake of contrastive analysis of negative sentences in English and Vietnamese, descriptive and comparative methods are chosen to be the main method of the study. By these methods, the study intends to describe, classify and analyze English and Vietnamese utterance denoting negation based on semantic and pragmatic features. The main findings of the study are the statistics on the frequency of negative sentence types, the structure of negative sentences in English and Vietnamese, the aims of negative sentences in English and in Vietnamese and the similarities and differences between English and Vietnamese negative sentences in terms of structures and uses. These results obtained from the research help understand how to use negative sentences correctly. Finally, these results aim to provide a new look at the new approach of linguistic theory and to suggest the new way of teaching and learning negative sentences
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AN INVESTIGATION INTO SEMANTIC AND PRAGMATIC FEATURES OF UTTERANCES DENOTING NEGATION WITHOUT CONTAINING NEGATIVE ELEMENTS IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE
author_sort LÊ HUY HOÀNG
title AN INVESTIGATION INTO SEMANTIC AND PRAGMATIC FEATURES OF UTTERANCES DENOTING NEGATION WITHOUT CONTAINING NEGATIVE ELEMENTS IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE
title_short AN INVESTIGATION INTO SEMANTIC AND PRAGMATIC FEATURES OF UTTERANCES DENOTING NEGATION WITHOUT CONTAINING NEGATIVE ELEMENTS IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE
title_full AN INVESTIGATION INTO SEMANTIC AND PRAGMATIC FEATURES OF UTTERANCES DENOTING NEGATION WITHOUT CONTAINING NEGATIVE ELEMENTS IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE
title_fullStr AN INVESTIGATION INTO SEMANTIC AND PRAGMATIC FEATURES OF UTTERANCES DENOTING NEGATION WITHOUT CONTAINING NEGATIVE ELEMENTS IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE
title_full_unstemmed AN INVESTIGATION INTO SEMANTIC AND PRAGMATIC FEATURES OF UTTERANCES DENOTING NEGATION WITHOUT CONTAINING NEGATIVE ELEMENTS IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE
title_sort investigation into semantic and pragmatic features of utterances denoting negation without containing negative elements in english and vietnamese
publisher Trường Đại học Ngoại ngữ, Đại học Đà Nẵng
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spelling oai:data.ufl.udn.vn:UFL-17522025-03-19T04:12:52Z AN INVESTIGATION INTO SEMANTIC AND PRAGMATIC FEATURES OF UTTERANCES DENOTING NEGATION WITHOUT CONTAINING NEGATIVE ELEMENTS IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE LV ThS 379 LÊ HUY HOÀNG TRẦN QUANG HẢI, Ph.D. This study reports an investigation into semantic and pragmatic features of utterances denoting negation without containing negative elements in English and in Vietnamese. It attempts to find out the similarities and differences as well as some outstanding advantages of applying semantics and pragmatics in studying English as well as Vietnamese. The research data are collected from English and Vietnamese best-seller novels. After collecting the data, they are analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively. In this study, for the sake of contrastive analysis of negative sentences in English and Vietnamese, descriptive and comparative methods are chosen to be the main method of the study. By these methods, the study intends to describe, classify and analyze English and Vietnamese utterance denoting negation based on semantic and pragmatic features. The main findings of the study are the statistics on the frequency of negative sentence types, the structure of negative sentences in English and Vietnamese, the aims of negative sentences in English and in Vietnamese and the similarities and differences between English and Vietnamese negative sentences in terms of structures and uses. These results obtained from the research help understand how to use negative sentences correctly. Finally, these results aim to provide a new look at the new approach of linguistic theory and to suggest the new way of teaching and learning negative sentences TABLE OF CONTENTS STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP ...................................................................i ABSTRACT.......................................................................................................ii TABLE OF CONTENTS................................................................................. iii LIST OF TABLES ...........................................................................................vi CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Rationale .............................................................................................1 1.2 Aims and Objectives ...........................................................................2 1.3 Research Questions .............................................................................3 1.4 Scope of the Study ..............................................................................3 1.5 The Significant of the Study ...............................................................3 1.6 Organization of the Study ...................................................................3 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW & THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 2.1 Review of Previous Studies ................................................................5 2.1.1. Prior Research of Foreign Linguists on Negation ...................6 2.1.2. Prior Research of Vietnamese Linguists on Negation.............6 2.2 Definition of terms ..............................................................................7 2.2.1 Negation and negative words....................................................7 a. Negation.................................................................................7 b. Negative Word and Classification.........................................8 2.2.2. Refusal ...................................................................................10 2.2.3. Denial.....................................................................................16 2.2.4. Rejection ................................................................................16 2.2.5. Semantic Terms .....................................................................16 iv a. Utterance Meaning...............................................................16 b. Context.................................................................................19 c. Reference .............................................................................19 d. Referring Expression ...........................................................20 e. Conversational Principle......................................................20 f. Conversational Implicature ..................................................20 g. Rhetorical Question .............................................................21 2.2.6. Pragmatics Terms...................................................................21 a. Speech Acts..........................................................................21 b. Perlocutionary and Illocution ..............................................23 c. Felicity Conditions...............................................................23 d. Politeness Theory.................................................................24 e. Face ......................................................................................25 f. Face-threatening Acts...........................................................25 g. Strategies for Performing Face Threatening Acts...............26 h. Factors influencing the choice of negating..........................28 i. Factors governing the use of negating..................................29 CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY AND PROCEDURES 3.1 Research Methodology ......................................................................31 3.2 Research Procedures..........................................................................32 3.3 Data Collection and Sample Description...........................................32 3.4 Data Analysis.....................................................................................34 3.5 Reliability and Validity......................................................................35 CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 4.1 Semantic Features of Negation without Containing Negative Elements in English and in Vietnamese...........................................................37 4.1.1 Declarative ..............................................................................39 v 4.1.2. Imperative ..............................................................................46 4.1.3. Interrogative...........................................................................48 4.1.4. Exclamatory ...........................................................................51 4.1.5. Summary................................................................................56 4.2. Pragmatic Features of Utterances Denoting Negation without Containing Negative Elements in English and in Vietnamese ........................57 4.2.1. Refusal ...................................................................................59 a. Giving Information ..............................................................59 b. Obligation ............................................................................61 c. Doubt....................................................................................62 4.2.2. Denial.....................................................................................63 a. Giving Information ..............................................................63 b. Surprise ................................................................................66 c. Exclamation .........................................................................67 4.2.3. Rejection ................................................................................67 a. Disagreement .......................................................................67 b. Giving information ..............................................................73 c. Obligation.............................................................................75 d. Doubt ...................................................................................76 e. Surprise ................................................................................78 4.2.4. Summary................................................................................79 CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION- IMPLICATION- LIMITATION RECOMMENDATION 5.1. Summary of the Findings .................................................................81 5.2. Implications for Teaching and Learning of English.........................82 5.3. Limitations of the Study....................................................................84 5.4. Recommendation for Further Research ............................................84 REFERENCES.................................................................................................xi 2025-03-19T04:12:47Z 2025-03-19T04:12:47Z 2013 Thesis https://data.ufl.udn.vn/handle/UFL/1752 en application/pdf application/pdf Trường Đại học Ngoại ngữ, Đại học Đà Nẵng

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