A vietnamese american cross cultural study on disparaging

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HA NOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES  NGUYỄN THỊ HỒNG VÂN A VIETNAMESE - AMERICAN CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY ON DISPARAGING NGHIÊN CỨU GIAO VĂN HÓA VIỆT – MỸ VỀ CÁCH THỨC CHÊ BAI M.A Combined Programme Thesis FIELD : ENGLISH LINGUISTICS CODE : 602215 HANOI - 2010 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HA NOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES  NGUYỄN THỊ HỒNG VÂN A VIETNAMESE - AMERICAN CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY ON DISPARAGING NGHIÊN CỨU GIAO VĂN HÓA VIỆT – MỸ VỀ CÁCH THỨC CHÊ BAI M.A Combined Programme Thesis Field : ENGLISH LINGUISTICS Code : 602215 Supervisor : Phan Thị Vân Quyên, M.A HANOI - 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS Certificate of originality of project report Acknowledgements Abstract Table of contents Lists of figures and tables Abbreviations PART A – INTRODUCTION RATIONALE AIMS OF THE STUDY RESEARCH QUESTIONS SCOPE OF THE STUDY METHODOLOGY DESIGN OF THE STUDY PART B – DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER – LITERATURE REVIEW 1.1 CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION 1.1.1 Language and Culture 1.1.2 Cross – Cultural Communication 1.2 CROSS – CULTURAL PRAGMATICS 1.3 SPEECH ACTS AND CLASSIFICATION OF SPEECH ACTS 1.4 POLITENESS 1.4.1 Politeness and the notion of Face 1.4.2 Politeness strategies 1.4.3 Social factors affecting politeness 1.5 DIRECTNESS AND INDIRECTNESS 1.5.1 Directness (D) and Indirectness (ID) as Communication Styles 1.5.2 Socio- Cultural Factors Influencing the Use of Directness and Indirectness In Human Interaction 1.6 DISPARAGING 1.6.1 Disparaging as a speech act 1.6.2 Disparaging and criticizing 1.6.3 Popular topics for disparaging CHAPTER – METHODOLOGY 2.1 Survey research as the main method 2.2 Subject of the study 2.3 Data collection instrument 2.4 Data collecting procedures 2.5 Comments on the survey questionnaire 2.6 Comments on the informants CHAPTER – STRATEGIES OF DISPARAGING 3.1 STRATEGIES USED IN DISPARAGING 3.1.1 14 main types of disparaging strategies 3.1.2 Integrative disparaging strategies 3.2 USE OF DISPARAGING STRATEGIES AS SEEN FROM COMMUNICATING PARAMETERS 3.2.1 Data Analysis 3.2.2 Concluding Remarks 3.3 USE OF DISPARAGING STRATEGIES AS SEEN FROM INFORMANTS’PARAMETERS 3.3.1 Data Analysis 3.3.2 Concluding Remarks 3.4 USE OF DISPARAGING STRATEGIES AS SEEN FROM THE TOPIC OF DISPARAGING 3.4.1 Data Analysis 3.4.2 Concluding Remarks PART C – CONCLUSION REVIEW OF THE FINDINGS IMPLICATIONS OF THE STUDY LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY SUGGESTION FOR FURTHER RESE BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDICES ENGLISH SURVEY QUESTIONAIRES VIETNAMESE SURVEY QUESTIONAIRES ...VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HA NOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES  NGUYỄN THỊ HỒNG VÂN A VIETNAMESE - AMERICAN CROSS- CULTURAL STUDY ON DISPARAGING. .. OF DISPARAGING 3.1 STRATEGIES USED IN DISPARAGING 3.1.1 14 main types of disparaging strategies 3.1.2 Integrative disparaging strategies 3.2 USE OF DISPARAGING. .. Socio- Cultural Factors Influencing the Use of Directness and Indirectness In Human Interaction 1.6 DISPARAGING 1.6.1 Disparaging as a speech act 1.6.2 Disparaging