(Luận văn thạc sĩ) an analysis of language of evaluation in the film “gone with the wind” from the perspective of appraisal

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING QUY NHON UNIVERSITY VÕ THÚY TRIỀU AN ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE OF EVALUATION IN THE FILM “GONE WITH THE WIND” FROM h THE PERSPECTIVE OF APPRAISAL Field: English Linguistics Code: 22 02 01 Supervisor: Assoc Prof Dr Nguyễn Thị Thu Hiền BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC QUY NHƠN VÕ THÚY TRIỀU NGƠN NGỮ ĐÁNH GIÁ TRONG PHIM “CUỐN THEO CHIỀU GIĨ” THEO QUAN ĐIỂM h CỦA THUYẾT ĐÁNH GIÁ Chuyên ngành: Mã số: Ngôn ngữ Anh 22 02 01 Người hướng dẫn: PGS.TS Nguyễn Thị Thu Hiền i STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP I certify that the thesis “An Analysis of Language of Evaluation in the film “Gone with the Wind” from the Perspective of Appraisal” is entirely my own original work except where due reference has been made in the text To the best of my knowledge, this thesis also contains no material accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma in any universities Binh Dinh, 2019 h Võ Thúy Triều ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This study would not have been completed without the support of many people, to all of whom I am profoundly indebted First and foremost, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Assoc Prof Dr Nguyễn Thị Thu Hiền, my supervisor, for her endless patience and experienced guidance in the process of completing this study Definitely, I would not have been able to finish this study without her expertise and encouragement Secondly, I would like to express my grateful thanks to the lecturers of Foreign Language Department in Quy Nhon University for their valuable lectures, which provide essential knowledge for this thesis h Thirdly, I am deeply thankful to authors whose books and materials play a fundamental part in laying theoretical background for this study Last but not least, my sincere thanks go to my parents for their love and support during the fulfillment of this study I am grateful to my husband for taking care of my child so that I could spend more time on my thesis and I also owe a deep debt to my child, who provide me with great support during the time I wrote this thesis iii ABSTRACT This study aimed at examining the evaluative values from the perspective of Appraisal Theory by Martin and White (2005) namely Attitude, Engagement and Graduation and their functions expressed in the language of the film “Gone with the Wind” Then, the main objective was to compare the frequencies of occurrence of these values to reveal the choice of language of evaluation in the language of this film and highlight the functions and significance of those evaluative values To answer the research questions, qualitative and quantitative methods were employed The data was just limited in the language of the first part of the film “Gone with the Wind”, which is about 8,500 words The findings showed that the three categories of h evaluation values –Engagement, Attitude and Graduation were all utilized in the data, but their proportions were totally different The most frequently-used type was Engagement resources Next, the second most popular resources belonged to Attitude, which comprehensively made Graduation resources at the bottom position with a small fraction Additionally, the scriptwriter aimed to use a great amount of positive Attitude resources to vividly depict main characters’ love and inner feelings Some suggestions and implications to help English learners to effectively use evaluation values in daily communication and further researches were also justified iv TABLE OF CONTENTS STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ii ABSTRACT iii TABLE OF CONTENTS iv ABBREVIATIONS AND CONVENTIONS vii LIST OF TABLES viii LIST OF FIGURES ix CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Rationale h 1.2 Aim and Objectives of the study 1.2.1 Aim 1.2.2 Objectives 1.3 Research questions 1.4 Scope of the study 1.5 Significance of the study 1.6 Organization of the study CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Appraisal Theory 2.1.1 Engagement 2.1.2 Attitude 13 v 2.1.2.1 Affect 13 2.1.2.2 Judgement 14 2.1.2.3 Appreciation 16 2.1.3 Graduation 17 2.1.3.1 Force 18 2.1.3.2 Focus 22 2.2 Previous relevant studies 23 2.2.1 Studies on film conversations applying different approaches 23 2.2.2 Studies on different genres using Appraisal Theory 25 CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 30 3.1 Research methods 30 h 3.2 Procedure 30 3.3 Data collection 31 3.4 Data analysis 31 3.5 Validity and Reliability 31 CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 32 4.1 Engagement, Attitude and Graduation in “Gone with the Wind” film subtitle 33 4.2 Engagement in “Gone with the Wind” film subtitle 35 4.2.1 Monogloss in the data 35 4.2.2 Heterogloss in the data 37 4.3 Attitudinal Resources in “Gone with the Wind” film subtitle 41 4.3.1 Attitudinal Resources in the data 41 vi 4.3.1.1 Affect resources in the data 43 4.3.1.2 Judgement resources in the data 45 4.3.1.2 Appreciation resources in the data 49 4.3.2 Positive and Negative Attitude resources in the data 50 4.4 Graduation in “Gone with the Wind” film subtitle 55 4.4.1 Force in the data 56 4.4.2 Focus in the data 59 CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS 61 5.1 Conclusions 61 5.2 Implications 63 5.3 Limitations and suggestions for further study 64 h REFERENCES 66 APPENDIX i vii ABBREVIATIONS AND CONVENTIONS (A) Abbreviations in sample analyses: Red sentences for Monogloss Blue sentences for Heterogloss Jud : Judgement Appre : Appreciation + : Positive Attitude - : Negative Attitude (B) Conventions [GWTW.U1-Un]: “Gone with the Wind” film subtitle, utterance code from to n h - Italic words are used for examples and emphasis -Underlined words are used to mark the use of what is being demonstrated viii LIST OF TABLES Table Page 2.1 The Monoglossic and the Heteroglossic 2.2 Types of Heterogloss 12 2.3 Judgement - Social esteem 16 2.4 The Sub-categories of Appreciation 17 4.1 Types of Appraisal values in the data 33 h