(Luận văn thạc sĩ) hedging devices in the film“call me by your name” by luca guadagnino

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING QUY NHON UNIVERSITY NGUYỄN THỊ HỒNG DIỄM HEDGING DEVICES IN THE FILM h "CALL ME BY YOUR NAME" BY LUCA GUADAGNINO MASTER THESIS IN ENGLISH Binh Dinh - 2020 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING QUY NHON UNIVERSITY NGUYỄN THỊ HỒNG DIỄM HEDGING DEVICES IN THE FILM h "CALL ME BY YOUR NAME" BY LUCA GUADAGNINO Field: English Linguistics Code: 8.22.02.01 Supervisor: TRƯƠNG VĂN ĐỊNH, Ph.D BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC QUY NHƠN NGUYỄN THỊ HỒNG DIỄM PHƯƠNG TIỆN RÀO ĐÓN TRONG PHIM “GỌI EM BẰNG TÊN ANH” h CỦA LUCA GUADAGNINO Chuyên ngành: Ngôn Ngữ Anh Mã số : 8.22.02.01 Người hướng dẫn: TS TRƯƠNG VĂN ĐỊNH i STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP I certify my authority of the study submitted entitled: HEDGING DEVICES IN THE FILM "CALL ME BY YOUR NAME" BY LUCA GUADAGNINO for the degree of Master of Arts This is the result of my own research that has not used any other materials published elsewhere or extracted in the whole, or in part from a thesis except for the references made in the thesis Binh Dinh, 2020 h Nguyễn Thị Hồng Diễm ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In all sincerity and ingenuousness, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to the following people who give me precious experience encouragement to fulfill my graduation thesis Firstly, I would like to thank the Department of Foreign Languages for offering me the opportunity to approach the scientific researching Secondly, I would like to express my special heartfelt thanks to my supervisor, Dr Truong Van Dinh, who gave me valuable advice and provided me with useful materials It is very difficult for me to finish the thesis without his guidance and encouragement Thirdly, my gratefulness extends to the Master‟s Thesis examiners for their valuable feedback and helpful suggestions for my thesis h Last but not least, I am truly grateful for my family‟s support and encouragement, which motivates me to carry out the thesis iii ABSTRACT The study aims at analyzing hedging forms and frequency of hedging devices in the film “Call me by your name” by Luca Guadagnino under Yu‟s model (2009) to find out the functions of these devices in the film The data for analysis was 209 hedges collected in the film In order to achieve the aim and objectives of the research, both quantitative and qualitative approaches are conducted Besides, this study also utilizes descriptive and contrastive methods The findings of the study present the distribution of subtypes of hedging devices occurring in the film Based on Yu‟s (2009) framework, there are four main subcategories of hedges: modal hedges, performative hedges, quantificational hedges and pragmatic-marker hedges These modal hedges ranked first in terms of quantity The other subtypes: tag questions, impersonalization and h subjunctives were found with the smallest percentage However, the frequency of each is different In addition, it also shows the functions of hedging devices in the films Moreover, it also suggests some theoretical and practical implications for teaching and learning hedges in communication iv TABLE OF CONTENTS STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ii ABSTRACT iii TABLE OF CONTENTS iv LIST OF TABLES vii LIST OF FIGURES viii CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1 RATIONALE OF THE STUDY 1.2 AIM AND OBJECTIVES h 1.2.1 Aim of the study 1.2.2 Objectives of the study 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 OVERVIEW OF HEDGES 2.1.1 Definitions of hedges 2.1.2 Classification of hedging devices and hedging functions 2.1.3 Properties of hedges 11 2.1.4 Hedges and cooperative and politeness strategies 12 v 2.1.5 The importance of hedges in conversation 15 2.1.6 The characteristics of dialogues in films 17 2.2 AN OVERVIEW OF THE FILM “CALL ME BY YOUR NAME” BY LUCA GUADAGNINO 17 2.3 HEDGE-RELATED STUDIES 20 CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHOD AND PROCEDURE 22 3.1 RESEARCH METHOD 22 3.2 SAMPLING 22 3.3 DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS 23 3.3.1 Criteria for data collection 23 3.3.2 Data collecting sources 24 h 3.4 RESEARCH PRODURES 24 3.5 VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY 25 3.5.1 Validity 25 3.5.2 Reliability 25 CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 26 4.1 OVERVIEW OF HEDGING DEVICES IN THE FILM “CALL ME BY YOUR NAME” BY LUCA GUADAGNINO 26 4.2 HEDGING DEVICES IN THE FILM “CALL ME BY YOUR NAME” BY LUCA GUADAGNINO 27 4.2.1 Modal hedges 27 4.2.2 Performative hedges 39 4.2.3 Quantificational hedges 41 vi 4.2.4 Pragmatic–marker hedges 44 4.2.5 Others 49 4.3 FUNCTIONS OF HEDGING DEVICES IN THE FILM “CALL ME BY YOUR NAME” BY LUCA GUADAGNINO 51 4.3.1 Modal hedges 51 4.3.2 Performative hedges 61 4.3.3 Quantificational hedges 62 4.3.4 Pragmatic–marker hedges 63 4.3.5 Others which include sunjunctives, tag questions and impersonalization 65 CHAPTER 5: CONLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS 68 5.1 CONCLUSION 68 h 5.2 IMPLICATIONS 70 5.3 LIMITATIONS 70 5.4 SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY 71 REFERENCES 72 APPENDICES vii LIST OF TABLES Titles Table Page numbers Table 2.1 numbers Taxonomy of hedging devices (adapted from Yu, 10 2009) Table 2.2 Types of hedges according the four maxims 14 Table 4.1 Distribution of hedging devices in the film “Call 26 me by your name” by Luca Guadagnino Distribution of subtypes of modal hedges 28 Table 4.3 Modal hedges 29 Table 4.4 Performative hedges 40 Table 4.5 Quantificational hedges: Quantity approximators, 42 h Table 4.2 Frequency approximators, Degree approximators and Negation + intensifier approximators Table 4.6 Frequency of subcategories of pragmatic-marker 45 hedges Table 4.7 Sunjunctives, impersonalization tag questions and 49