AN INVESTIGATION INTO LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF ARGUMENTATIVE UTTERANCES IN THE AMERICAN TV SERIES “THE LAST SHIP”

This thesis titled “An Investigation into the Linguistic Features of Argumentative Utterances in the American TV Series “The Last Ship”” studies the linguistic features of argumentative utterances used by the characters in the American TV series “The Last Ship”. The methods used are observational, d...

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Auteur principal: Hồ Hải Xuẩn Trang
Autres auteurs: PGS.TS. Hồ Thị Kiều Oanh
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Publié: Trường Đại học Ngoại ngữ, Đại học Đà Nẵng 2024
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spelling oai:data.ufl.udn.vn:UFL-4642025-03-24T13:47:52Z AN INVESTIGATION INTO LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF ARGUMENTATIVE UTTERANCES IN THE AMERICAN TV SERIES “THE LAST SHIP” LVTHSI2020-8220201-023 Hồ Hải Xuẩn Trang PGS.TS. Hồ Thị Kiều Oanh English language Ngôn ngữ Anh linguistic features argumentative utterances american tv series This thesis titled “An Investigation into the Linguistic Features of Argumentative Utterances in the American TV Series “The Last Ship”” studies the linguistic features of argumentative utterances used by the characters in the American TV series “The Last Ship”. The methods used are observational, descriptive and analytic method accompanied by the qualitative and quantitative approach. The analysis is based on 100 pilot samples and 200 final samples. The findings of the study show that the strength of an argumentative utterance is the combination of the choice of both argument types including valid argument and invalid argument, and linguistic features in terms of syntactic, semantic and pragmatic features. Depending on the situational context in the debate, the choice whether to use which types of argument as well as the suitable sentence structures, the modality or the types of illocutionary acts affect the force and the effect of the argumentative utterances. The findings of the thesis could help learners of English as a foreign language learn better and be able to identify speaker’s implicature and realize arguments through illocutionary acts which are used frequently in real life English debates. 2024-07-01T04:14:49Z 2024-07-01T04:14:49Z 2020 luanvanthacsi https://data.ufl.udn.vn//handle/UFL/464 en application/pdf Trường Đại học Ngoại ngữ, Đại học Đà Nẵng
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Ngôn ngữ Anh
linguistic features
argumentative utterances
american tv series
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Ngôn ngữ Anh
linguistic features
argumentative utterances
american tv series
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AN INVESTIGATION INTO LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF ARGUMENTATIVE UTTERANCES IN THE AMERICAN TV SERIES “THE LAST SHIP”
description This thesis titled “An Investigation into the Linguistic Features of Argumentative Utterances in the American TV Series “The Last Ship”” studies the linguistic features of argumentative utterances used by the characters in the American TV series “The Last Ship”. The methods used are observational, descriptive and analytic method accompanied by the qualitative and quantitative approach. The analysis is based on 100 pilot samples and 200 final samples. The findings of the study show that the strength of an argumentative utterance is the combination of the choice of both argument types including valid argument and invalid argument, and linguistic features in terms of syntactic, semantic and pragmatic features. Depending on the situational context in the debate, the choice whether to use which types of argument as well as the suitable sentence structures, the modality or the types of illocutionary acts affect the force and the effect of the argumentative utterances. The findings of the thesis could help learners of English as a foreign language learn better and be able to identify speaker’s implicature and realize arguments through illocutionary acts which are used frequently in real life English debates.
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title AN INVESTIGATION INTO LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF ARGUMENTATIVE UTTERANCES IN THE AMERICAN TV SERIES “THE LAST SHIP”
title_short AN INVESTIGATION INTO LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF ARGUMENTATIVE UTTERANCES IN THE AMERICAN TV SERIES “THE LAST SHIP”
title_full AN INVESTIGATION INTO LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF ARGUMENTATIVE UTTERANCES IN THE AMERICAN TV SERIES “THE LAST SHIP”
title_fullStr AN INVESTIGATION INTO LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF ARGUMENTATIVE UTTERANCES IN THE AMERICAN TV SERIES “THE LAST SHIP”
title_full_unstemmed AN INVESTIGATION INTO LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF ARGUMENTATIVE UTTERANCES IN THE AMERICAN TV SERIES “THE LAST SHIP”
title_sort investigation into linguistic features of argumentative utterances in the american tv series “the last ship”
publisher Trường Đại học Ngoại ngữ, Đại học Đà Nẵng
publishDate 2024
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