(Luận văn thạc sĩ) directives in the movie green book

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING QUY NHON UNIVERSITY ĐỖ VŨ HOÀNG TÂM DIRECTIVES IN THE MOVIE h “GREEN BOOK” MASTER THESIS IN ENGLISH LINGUISTICS BINH DINH, 2020 h MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING QUY NHON UNIVERSITY ĐỖ VŨ HOÀNG TÂM DIRECTIVES IN THE MOVIE h “GREEN BOOK” Field: English Linguistics Code: 8.22.02.01 Supervisor: Assoc Prof Dr NGUYỄN QUANG NGOẠN h BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC QUY NHƠN ĐỖ VŨ HOÀNG TÂM HÀNH VI CẦU KHIẾN TRONG BỘ PHIM “GREEN BOOK” h Ngành: Ngôn ngữ Anh Mã số: 8.22.02.01 Người hướng dẫn: PGS.TS NGUYỄN QUANG NGOẠN h i STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP The thesis is accomplished by my own work and due acknowledgement is produced whenever information is derived from other sources No part of this thesis has or is being simultaneously submitted for any other qualification at any university Quy Nhon, 2020 DO VU HOANG TAM h ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First and foremost, I would like to express my gratitude to Assoc Prof Nguyen Quang Ngoan, my supervisor, who kindly provides me with appropriate direction, useful suggestions and critical comments so that I can accomplish this thesis in time Secondly, I would like to owe the completion of this thesis to all the lecturers of the Department of Foreign Languages in specific and to Quy Nhon University in general who have provided precious materials and support for me not only in English major but also in other fields of knowledge Last but not least, my big thank is credited to my family, my friends and my colleagues who have provided me a host of favorable conditions and materials during this period so that I can successfully finish the thesis h iii ABSTRACT This thesis demonstrates the results of a research into structural and functional features of directives produced by the two main characters in the movie “Green Book” on the basis of prominent characteristics on each type A combination of analytic, synthetic, descriptive, and contrastive methods is employed for data analysis The theoretical framework is adapted from the those from three leading linguistics For structural features of directives, the researcher has her thesis based on theoretical framework of Ervin – Tripp (1976) Similarly, for functional features of directives, Bach and Harnish’s (1979) framework is considered as the most fundamental basis for data analysis In terms of the direct/ indirect analysis, the researcher mainly focuses on the George Yule’s (1996) basis The data source of this study is the transcript of the movie “Green Book” with 398 samples of directives selected in the conversations of the two main characters The results h unfold typical structural and functional features of directives and level of frequency they are used in the movie “Green Book”, which could provide a profound insight into structures and functions of directives The results of the study are expected to contribute to the teaching and learning of speech acts in English in particular and the success of communication in English conversations in general iv TABLE OF CONTENTS STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP i ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ii ABSTRACT iii LIST OF TABLES vii CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Rationale 1.2 Research Aim and Objectives 1.2.1 Research Aim 1.2.2 Research Objectives 1.3 Research Questions 1.4 Scope of the Study 1.5 Significance of the Study h 1.6 The Organization of the thesis CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 An Overview of the Speech Act theory 2.1.1 Definition of Speech Act 2.1.2 Levels of Speech Act 2.1.3 Classification of speech acts 2.2 An Overview of English directives 12 2.2.1 Structural features of English directives 12 2.2.2 Functional features of English directives 18 2.3 Indirect Speech Acts 20 2.3.1 Definition of indirect speech acts 20