VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDLES FACULTY OF POST- GRADUATE STUDIES AUER OR SEE eR EOE VO THI MAI PHUON' A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON CONVERSATIONAL IMPLICATURES USED LIN SOME POLITICAL ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE ELECTRONIC NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ON THE EVENTS RELATED TO VIETNAM-CHINA ISLAND DISPUTE (Sghiên cứu so sánh hảm ngồn hội thoại được sử dụng trong các bai báo chính trị về các sự kiện liên quan đến tranh chấp. biển đảo Việt Nam - Trung Quắc trên một số báo diện tử Tiếng Anh và Tiếng Việt) M. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English linguistics Code: 60220201 HANOL - 2017 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDLES FACULTY OF POST- GRADUATE STUDIES AUER OR SEE eR EOE VÕ THỊ MAI PHƯƠNG A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON CONVERSATIONAL TMPLICATURES USED IN SOME POLITICAL ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE ELECTRONIC NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ON THE EVENTS RELATED TO VIETNAM-CHINA ISLAND DISPUTE (Nghiên cứu so sánh hảm ngôn hội thoại dược sử đụng trong các bài báo chính trị về các sự kiện liễn quan đến tranh chấp hiến dao Việt Nam - Trung Quốc trên một số báo điện tử Tiếng Anh và Tiếng Việt) M. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Linguistics Code: 6022021 Supervisor: Dr.
Dé Thi Thanh Ha HANOI - 2017 DECLARATION T cerlify that this minor thosis entilled “A comparative study on Conversational Lmplicatures used in political electronic English and Vietnamese articles on Vietnam - China island disputes” submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements [or the degree of Master of Aris is the result of my wark, excopt otherwise acknowledge and that this mmor thesis and any part of the same has not been submitted for a higher depree to any other university or institution. Hani, Jaruuary 2017 Signature Võ Thị Mai Phương 3. Conversational implicatures gencrated by violating the maxim of quality in Tìnglish magazine artioles. key khe serine BO 3.
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Summary of findings - - - - - 44 2. Limitations of the study |. 47 REFERENCES 48 APPENDIX - - - I LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS. CP: Cooperative Principle CNOOC: China National Offshore Oil Corp CDA: Critical Discourse Analysis US: United Stales USA: United States of America ASEAN: Association of South East Asian Nation CT: Conversational Implicalure VN: Vietnam CN: China WEF: World Beunemie Forum.
SCS: South China Sea TV: Television Ql: quality Qt: quantity Mn: manner Ri relation vi 3. Conversational implicatures gencrated by violating the maxim of quality in Tìnglish magazine artioles. key khe serine BO 3. Conversational implicatures generated by islting the maxim of quantity in English magazine articles.
Conversational implicalures generated by violaling the maxim of relation in English magazine arlicles wa 38 3.4, Conversational implicatures generated by violating the maxim of manner in English magazine articles. Conversational implieatures in English electronic magavines 34 3. Cemversalional naplicalures generated by violating the maxim of quality in Hnglish magazine artioles.à te re, Xeeeeseoeeoo. Conversational implicatures generated by violating the maxim of quantity in English magazine articles.
3Conversational implicatures generated by violating the maxim ofrelation in Fnglish magazine articles. 38 Conversational implicatures generated by violating the maxim of manner in Hnglish magazine articles.3 Comparison between English and Vietnamese electronic newspaper articles in English magazine articles - - 39 3. PART C: CORNCLUSION AND SUGGESLION. Summary of findings - - - - - 44 2.
Limitations of the study |. 47 REFERENCES 48 APPENDIX - - - I ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS After the past two years I have received the support and encouragement from many individuals to accomplish this research. Thorclore, T hercby would like to express my profound gratitude to all of them. Above all, T would like to express my deepest appreciation to my supervisor, Doctor Do Thi Thanh Ha for all of her invaluable inspiration, assistance, critique, sincere guidance and encouragement as | was working on my stucly.
Besides, | am grateful to all lectures and staff of Faculty of Postgraduate Studies, University of Languages and Intemational Studies for their valuable lessons and precious help. Thanks to them, T could get the essential materials for any paper. Finally, my sincere thanks go to my family and my friends who always stand by me and support. me when T was domg the research.
Withoul their encouragement, | would not have been able to complete this thesis. TABLE OF CONTENTS Declaration. ‘Acknowledgements Abstract Table of contents. ke ri List of abbreviations.
List of tables. Rationale of the studies 1 2. SH HH HH2 22 00. Aims GÊStđổy.
ào on sec hà 4. Soope of the study. Methods of the sludy bò 6. Organization of the aludy Rw PART B: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW.
Theories on conversational implicature. Implicature and Co-operation. Conversational and Conventional Tmplicalares: aw 1. Review ofrelated siudy.
TH HH Hư, wd 1.3, Review of Viemam- China island disputes in the period of time from 2011 to 2015 11 CHAPTER 2: METHODS AND PROCEDURES 2. Dala vollection methods 2.3 IDala analysis procedure.2 Data analys CHAPTER 3: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: 3. Conversational implicatures in Vietnamese electronic magazines PART A: INTRODUCTION 1. Rationale of the study Nowadays, online newspapers have indispulably became one of the most useful and convenient source of information.
Along with the spread of internet, online news is increasingly popular due to the availability and convenience they provide. With internet and computer, the readers have a churice to gel a greal deal of diverse online newspapers. Political news is always the hot area of information that attracts readers’ attention. Due to the fact that news are posted and updated simullaneously 1a assure the accurate of the news, especially the news relaled lo politics.
Such news need to express the truth. ‘They are also govemed by the state power for the political purposes. Therefore, the writers have to use some kinds of pragmatic device thal mnplicatures are the most common one. To reach te the understanding between the writer and the receivers or readers, using implicatures as a useful linguistic resource is a useful way.
Realizing the importance and significant of irmplicatnres int newspaper article, this study is carried oul Lo investigate the use of implicature in transferring the information to in the language of Vielnamese and English newspaper arlicles 2. Research questiuns Based on the background and the focus of the research, the writer proposed three questions for this study, those are 1) — What are the conversational maxims that are violated in the Vietnamese electronic newspaper articles on Vietnam- China island disputes to generate conversational implicatures? 2) What are the conversational maxims that are violated in the English electronic newspaper articles on Vietnam- China island disputes to generate conversational inplicatures? 3) What are the similarities and differences on adopting conversational maxim violation to generate conversational implicatures between English and Vicinaese clectronic newspaper articles on Vietnam - China island disputes? TABLE OF CONTENTS Declaration. ‘Acknowledgements Abstract Table of contents. ke ri List of abbreviations.
List of tables. Rationale of the studies 1 2. SH HH HH2 22 00. Aims GÊStđổy.
ào on sec hà 4. Soope of the study. Methods of the sludy bò 6. Organization of the aludy Rw PART B: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW.
Theories on conversational implicature. Implicature and Co-operation. Conversational and Conventional Tmplicalares: aw 1. Review ofrelated siudy.
TH HH Hư, wd 1.3, Review of Viemam- China island disputes in the period of time from 2011 to 2015 11 CHAPTER 2: METHODS AND PROCEDURES 2. Dala vollection methods 2.3 IDala analysis procedure.2 Data analys CHAPTER 3: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: 3. Conversational implicatures in Vietnamese electronic magazines ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS After the past two years I have received the support and encouragement from many individuals to accomplish this research. Thorclore, T hercby would like to express my profound gratitude to all of them.
Above all, T would like to express my deepest appreciation to my supervisor, Doctor Do Thi Thanh Ha for all of her invaluable inspiration, assistance, critique, sincere guidance and encouragement as | was working on my stucly. Besides, | am grateful to all lectures and staff of Faculty of Postgraduate Studies, University of Languages and Intemational Studies for their valuable lessons and precious help. Thanks to them, T could get the essential materials for any paper. Finally, my sincere thanks go to my family and my friends who always stand by me and support.
me when T was domg the research. Withoul their encouragement, | would not have been able to complete this thesis. LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Vietnam - China island dispute timeline Table 2.1 Frequency of maxim violation in Vietnamese artiches ‘Table 3.2 Frequency of maxim violation in English artieles.3 Data comparative vil TABLE OF CONTENTS Declaration.
‘Acknowledgements Abstract Table of contents. ke ri List of abbreviations. List of tables. Rationale of the studies 1 2.
SH HH HH2 22 00. Aims GÊStđổy. ào on sec hà 4. Soope of the study.
Methods of the sludy bò 6. Organization of the aludy Rw PART B: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW. Theories on conversational implicature. Implicature and Co-operation.
Conversational and Conventional Tmplicalares: aw 1. Review ofrelated siudy. TH HH Hư, wd 1.3, Review of Viemam- China island disputes in the period of time from 2011 to 2015 11 CHAPTER 2: METHODS AND PROCEDURES 2. Dala vollection methods 2.3 IDala analysis procedure.2 Data analys CHAPTER 3: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: 3.
Conversational implicatures in Vietnamese electronic magazines 3. Conversational implicatures gencrated by violating the maxim of quality in Tìnglish magazine artioles. key khe serine BO 3. Conversational implicatures generated by islting the maxim of quantity in English magazine articles.
Conversational implicalures generated by violaling the maxim of relation in English magazine arlicles wa 38 3.4, Conversational implicatures generated by violating the maxim of manner in English magazine articles. Conversational implieatures in English electronic magavines 34 3. Cemversalional naplicalures generated by violating the maxim of quality in Hnglish magazine artioles.à te re, Xeeeeseoeeoo. Conversational implicatures generated by violating the maxim of quantity in English magazine articles.
3Conversational implicatures generated by violating the maxim ofrelation in Fnglish magazine articles. 38 Conversational implicatures generated by violating the maxim of manner in Hnglish magazine articles.3 Comparison between English and Vietnamese electronic newspaper articles in English magazine articles - - 39 3. PART C: CORNCLUSION AND SUGGESLION. Summary of findings - - - - - 44 2.
Limitations of the study |. 47 REFERENCES 48 APPENDIX - - - I ABSTRACT The topic ơn pollics has atraelsd many rescarcHors in all ficlds and linguistics is uot an exception, specially, the announcements of official politicians and commentary, judgments of the specialists informed on the media. Nowadays, the political ovens of the global countries have beon updated almost immediately by the assistance of internet. Electronic newspapers play a very important role and grab much power in the modem life Tm the work! recently, the political movements m Asia especially between Vietnam and China island disputes have wasted the inks and papers of worldwide newspapers.
The study was conducted to compare the use maxim violation to generale conversational implicalure of English and Viclnamese electronic newspapers on the coverage hottest events on Vietnam - China island disputes in the period from 2011 to 2015.