An investigation into the flouting of conversational maxims employed by male and female guests in

THE UNIVERSITY OF DANANG UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES TRẦN THỊ HUYỀN TRANG AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE FLOUTING OF CONVERSATIONAL MAXIMS EMPLOYED BY MALE AND FEMALE GUESTS IN THE AMERICAN TALK SHOW “THE ELLEN SHOW” Major: ENGLISH LINGUISTICS Code: 822.02.01 MASTER THESIS IN LINGUISTICS AND CULTURAL STUDIES OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES Da Nang, 2020 THE UNIVERSITY OF DANANG UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES TRẦN THỊ HUYỀN TRANG AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE FLOUTING OF CONVERSATIONAL MAXIMS EMPLOYED BY MALE AND FEMALE GUESTS IN THE AMERICAN TALK SHOW “THE ELLEN SHOW” Major: ENGLISH LINGUISTICS Code: 822.02.01 MASTER THESIS IN LINGUISTICS AND CULTURAL STUDIES OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES SUPERVISOR: NGUYỄN THỊ QUỲNH HOA, Assoc Prof Dr Da Nang, 2020 STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP Except where reference is made in the text of the thesis, this thesis contains no material published elsewhere or extracted in whole, or in part from a thesis by which I have qualified for or been awarded another degree or diploma No other person’s work has been used without due acknowledgements in the thesis The thesis has not been submitted for the award of any degree or diploma in any other tertiary institution Da Nang, 2020 Author ABSTRACT This research is carried out with the aim of investigating pragmatic features of maxim flouting employed by male and female guests in the American talk show “The Ellen Show” Besides, the study discovers similarities and differences in terms of conversational maxim flouting between two genders The data for analysis are 72 situations of maxim flouting for each gender in “The Ellen Show” In order to reach the goal, the study design was based on a combination of quantitative and qualitative approaches The methods applied in the research were descriptive and comparative ones The findings of this study reveal that although both genders shared some similarities in the pragmatic features of maxim flouting, each gender reflects its own tendency of language style in communication With regard to types of maxim flouting, all four types proposed by Grice (i.e Quality, Quantity, Relation and Manner) were identified in the samples of both genders Additionally, instances of Mixed Maxim Flouting have been discovered in both genders As far as rhetorical strategies are concerned, all six types of Grundy’s rhetorical strategies consisting of Tautology, Metaphor, Overstatement, Understatement, Rhetorical Question and Irony were applied in conversational maxim flouting situations of male and female guests However, there are a number of instances where no rhetorical strategies were used, especially the instances of female Besides, Mixed Rhetorical Strategies have been discovered, but only in the instances of female guests In terms of purposes of maxim flouting, 16 purposes employed by male and female guests were identified: joking, teasing the hearer, expressing one's feeling, refusing a request, giving a clear explanation, saving face, showing modesty, showing politeness, emphasizing a fact, hiding the truth, maintaining self-esteem, maintaining relationship, satisfying the hearer, avoiding hurting the hearer, convincing someone and arousing curiosity It is hoped that the results can contribute some useful knowledge to pragmatic features of maxim flouting in daily conversation as well as teaching and learning English to Vietnamese learners TABLE OF CONTENTS STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP i ABSTRACT ii TABLE OF CONTENTS iii LIST OF FIGURES vi LIST OF TABLES vii Chapter One INTRODUCTION 1.1 RATIONALE 1.2 AIM AND OBJECTIVES .4 1.2.1 Aim .4 1.2.2 Objectives 1.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 1.4 SCOPE OF THE STUDY .5 1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 1.6 ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW ANG THEORETICAL BACKGROUND .8 2.1 LITERATURE REVIEW 2.2 THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 2.2.1 Pragmatics 2.2.2 Conversational Implicature 10 2.2.3 Cooperative Principle 11 2.2.4 Flouting of Conversational Maxims 13 2.2.5 Strategies of Maxim Flouting 17 2.2.6 Language and Gender .19 2.2.7 Talk show and Description of the Ellen Show 20 2.3 SUMMARY 23 Chapter Three METHODOLOGY 25 3.1 RESEARCH DESIGN 25 3.2 RESEARCH METHODS .25 3.3 DATA COLLECTION 25 3.4 DESCRIPTION OF SAMPLES 26 3.5 DATA ANALYSIS 27 3.6 PROCEDURE .28 3.7 RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY 28 Chapter Four FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 30 4.1 PRAGMATIC FEATURES OF MAXIM FLOUTING EMPLOYED BY MALE GUESTS IN “THE ELLEN SHOW” 30 4.1.1 Types of Maxim Flouting Employed by Male Guests .30 4.1.2 Rhetorical Strategies for Maxim Flouting Employed by Male Guests 32 4.1.3 Purposes of Maxim Flouting Employed by Male Guests 35 4.2 PRAGMATIC FEATURES OF MAXIM FLOUTING EMPLOYED BY FEMALE GUESTS IN “THE ELLEN SHOW” .40 4.2.1 Types of Maxim Flouting Employed by Female Guests 40 4.2.2 Rhetorical strategies for Maxim Flouting Employed by Female Guests 42 4.2.3 Purposes of Maxim Flouting Employed by Female Guests .46 4.3 SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE GUESTS IN TERMS OF CONVERSATIONAL MAXIM FLOUTING IN “THE ELLEN SHOW” .51 4.3.1 Types of Maxim Flouting 51 4.3.2 Rhetorical strategies 52 4.3.3 Purposes of Maxim Flouting .54 Chapter Five CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS 57 5.1 CONCLUSIONS 57 5.2 IMPLICATIONS 59 5.3 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY 60 5.4 SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCHES .60 REFERENCES SOURCES OF DATA APPENDIX QUYẾT ĐỊNH GIAO ĐỀ TÀI LUẬN VĂN (bản sao) LIST OF TABLES Number of Tables 3.1 Names of Tables Data coding Page 27 Types of maxim flouting employed by male guests in 4.1 “The Ellen Show” 32 Rhetorical strategies of maxim flouting employed by 4.2 male guests in “The Ellen Show” 35 Purposes of maxim flouting employed by male guests 4.3 in “The Ellen Show” 36 Types of maxim flouting employed by female guests 4.4 in “The Ellen Show” 42 Rhetorical strategies of maxim flouting employed by 4.5 female guests in “The Ellen Show” 46 Purposes of maxim flouting employed by female 4.6 guests in “The Ellen Show” 47 LIST OF FIGURES Number of Names of Figures Figures 2.1 2.2 Instances of flouting maxims where speaker intentionally fails to observe one or more maxims Analytical construct Page 16 24 Types of maxim flouting employed by male and 4.1 female guests in “The Ellen Show”(in percentage) 52 Rhetorical strategies for maxim flouting employed by 4.2 male and female guests in “The Ellen Show” (in 53 percentage) Purposes of maxim flouting employed by male and 4.3 female guests in “The Ellen Show” (in percentage) 54 really nice for our two-year anniversary, which is really nice, which I haven't told anybody You want me to tell you? Ellen: Yeah No, no I don’t want to know Jennifer: I could tell you later fe/48/qual/ over fe/49/qual/ over Ellen: Do you have any men that areDiane: Men, what we talk about now? What you talk about when you say the man? Ellen: I talk about the man, I talk about men Is there a man-front that you’re interested in? Diane: I don't have a man in my life I could buy one of these though maybe But I don't see any men out here Ellen: So you’re not jet lagged anymore Portia: I don’t think so Christmas Ellen supposes that her boy is so romantic and then wants to know what Jennifer gave him for Christmas In response to Ellen’s question, she flouts relation maxim because what she mentions is definitely irrelevant It can be assumed that she does not want to mention that, maybe because she did not give him any gift, or she just does not want to reveal Therefore, hiding the truth is the purpose of the relation maxim flouting joking In this case, Ellen is teasing Diane In fact, Diane has never been married though she is in her seventies In reply to Ellen, she uses overstatement strategy through expressions such as “could buy one of these” or “not see any men out here”, which flouts quality maxim because her contribution is patently untrue Her purpose is to make joke with Ellen as Ellen teases her emphasizing To emphasize the fact a fact that she is still tired after a long flight, What day is it? fe/50/man/ no fe/51/re/no Ellen: So you’re going showing to stay in Brooklyn or politeness you’re going to move out here? Sophia: I like LA Ellen: That doesn’t sound like that Sophia: No, I love LA It's a good place to have a vacation at, but I like New York because I can kind of, I'm used to it, you know? I love the weather I actually really like colder weather, and I really, like just recently, there was rain and everybody was frantic about it Everyone came up to me and that was all they talked about And I was like, yeah, good job on the rain Ellen: Yeah Ellen: So you’re saving face driving in Brooklyn? Sophia: I'm getting my driver's license I have my permit It's going fine I actually had a driving lesson beforehand and I completely failed And Portia overstates her condition through the question “What day is it?”, which flouts quality maxim When being asked whether she is going to stay in Brooklyn or she is going to move out there, Sophia gives an indirect explanation instead of choosing directly which place she is going to live in Manner maxim is flouted because her response seems not quite clear for an alternative question Her purpose is to be polite in this case Actually, if she immediately chooses Brooklyn, others can assume that she does not like LA, which appears impolite because she is in LA now Being asked whether she is driving in Brooklyn, Sophia mentions her plan to get driver’s license, which implies that she cannot drive It is obvious that her response is irrelevant to Ellen’s fe/52/quan/no I told everybody that I was going to fail I was like, I was sure of it And I actually didn't even I , like didn't even spend one minute in the car before he called me ma'am, and then he said just get out of the car Ellen: Well, I’m glad you’re staying in Brooklyn That’s great Ellen: She goes - showing Chicagoat politeness Beth: Yeah, you know, I mean, I love Kim She was on Two Broke Girls And I think she's lovely So that one, let me put that right here Ellen: Ok Yeah Beth: And we’ll keep going question, which flouts relation maxim The purpose of the maxim flouting is to save face for herself It can be assumed that mentioning directly that she cannot drive would be more embarrassing for her Ellen is playing random names on the screen so that Beth can choose a name for her new baby goat When it comes to the name Chicagoat Kardashian West, Beth mentions that she loves Kim and how she finds Kim before refusing the name In this case, she flouts quantity maxim because her contribution seems more excessive than needed In fact, that name is similar to a celebrity’s name, Kim Kardashian West If she immediately refuses the name, that would be rude because others can assume that she finds the name not good Therefore, to show her politeness in this situation, Beth gives an fe/53/re/no fe/54/quan/rhe explanation before refusing the name Ellen: You look so emphasizing In this situation, Ellen good and so rested a fact supposes that P!nk is in You were at the Staples a good state despite the Center last night fact that she had a P!nk: Do I? performance at the Ellen: Yeah, you P! Staples Center last nk: I have a very good night In reply to Ellen, makeup artist P!nk mentions her good Ellen: Yeah No, you artist Her contribution You look great seems irrelevant, so relation maxim is flouted The purpose of the maxim flouting is to emphasize the fact that actually she does not feel good like her appearance Ellen: So what about emphasizing When being asked the tabloid cover that a fact about the rumour that said that you and Reese she and Reese were were having babies or having babies, Jennifer something? asks the rhetorical Jennifer: Right, isn't question in return that cute? “Right, isn’t that Ellen: Adorable cute?” She then Jennifer: Isn't that confirms that it is so amazing how we both amazing before denying are , no, just to be the rumour Her clear, again, I'm 47 contribution seems We've wrapped it up excessive, which flouts We're quantity maxim In this case, her intention is to not emphasize the fact that doing.Reese, on the it is totally untrue other hand, I think rumour because that she might be both of them were having babies is so cute, she has no reason to conceal that fe/55/qual/ over Ellen: What you giving a think is the best advice clear about being a mother? explanation Kris: When you first become a mom, I think the most important thing is just to enjoy every second, because it goes by so fast I mean, so fast, in a blink of an eye We celebrated Courtney's 40th birthday this last month and I can't believe I have a 40year-old fe/56/quan/no Reese: We always have avoiding the best time together hurting the Ellen: Yes, we Do hearer you think you and I have a better time together than you and Jen? Reese: Well, I mean, Jen and I know each other better because we're really, really good friends And we just finished our television show that we have coming out together It's called The Morning Show When giving advice about being a mother, Kris overstates the period of being a mom She supposes that it goes by “so fast, in a blink of an eye” or “I can’t believe I have a 40-year-old”, which implies how fast the time is Her utterances are exaggerated, so quality maxim is flouted The purpose of maxim flouting is to give a clear explanation for her advice of enjoying every second when you first become a mom When being asked whether she and Ellen have a better time together than she and Jen, Reese does not answer the question directly She explains that she and Jen know each other better and mentions what they have done together so far, which implies that she has a better time with Jen With the intention of avoiding hurting Ellen’s feeling, she gives an indirect explanation instead The quantity maxim is flouted because the information she provides is excessive In this situation, Ellen and Melissa are talking about Melissa’s replacement for Ellen to host the show the last time Ellen then wants to know whether her daughters like it Instead of answering directly, she describes what happened in detail to show that her daughter does not like that, they just want Ellen to host the show Quantity maxim is flouted because the information provided seem excessive The purpose of the maxim flouting is to save face for herself She tries to imply that the reason why her daughters does not like it is due to their love for Ellen, not because of her fault emphasizing Mindy mentions her a fact participation in the Met Gala Then to emphasize the fact that the event is so big and there are a large number of celebrities and billionaires there, Mindy understates her status when compared as the others She supposes that “I’m the least person there”, fe/57/quan/no Ellen: Did your saving face daughters like it? Melissa: Yeah, I showed it to my girls And I was like, I just did The Ellen Show, guys I'm kind of a big deal You know, we'll watch it And then they put it on, they were, like, when is Ellen coming out? When does she come out? I was like, I'm hosting it for her And there seemed to be like a blatant, like, they were angry that it was just me They're like, she's never coming out? I'm like, that's why I'm hosting it for her They're like, it's her show, it seems like she should come out fe/58/qual/ under Mindy: And I think I have a nice career and I'm doing well But the minute I go to the Met, I'm the least famous person there fe/59/qual/ir Jennifer: I heard that I just had a million dollar body makeover Ellen: Did you read that? No, you got a million dollar body Jennifer: Apparently, I had a million dollar makeover Ellen: Wow Jennifer: So there you go And it costs a million dollars Ellen: That’s amazing, so the whole body was done Jennifer: You just sort of lift it all, and then tie it, and snip it, and throw it out fe/60/quan/no Ellen: Even though it’s been a couple of days since the Emmys, you probably went partying afterwards, right? Penelope: You know I'm not very much a party person So I tried But I was very jet-lagged, so I lasted until 11:00 Ellen: Oh, well, that’s not bad which flouts quality maxim because her contribution is lack of adequate evidence joking In this context, Jennifer mentions the rumour that she just had a million dollar body make over Ellen then denies that and supposes that she has a million dollar body instead However, Jennifer ironically states that indeed she had a million dollar makeover and describes what happened with their body It is obvious from her expression that she does not believe what she states, which flouts quality maxim The purpose of the maxim flouting is to make a joke of the rumour about her giving a When being asked clear whether she went explanation partying after the Emmys, Penelop flouts quantity maxim because her reply to a Yes/ No question seems more excessive than required Penelope gives an explanation that she is not very much a party person but she tried to join the party and gives the time fe/61/quan/rhe fe/62/man/ no she left The purpose of the maxim flouting is to make her contribution clearer for the hearer Melissa: I’m emphasizing Melissa mentions how a fact at often she goes to Wilshire Wig, like, at Wilshire Wig Ellen least once a month I then wants to know was just in there a what she does there In week and a half ago reply to Ellen, she asks Ellen: Really? Melissa: Ellen the rhetorical Yes question “What don’t I Ellen: What you do there?” and states there? the condition and Melissa: What don't I explains the reason there? This is all instead of answering built around a wig directly the question No, every time I start a The information seems movies, I start with a redundant for wig And I want to answering the question, know what she looks so quantity maxim is like, so I go to flouted The purpose of Wilshire Wig the maxim flouting is to emphasize the fact that how often she goes to the wig store and how important the wig is to her whenever she starts a movie Ellen: And so what arousing Ellen and Kelly are happens if they pick curiosity talking about her talk something that is really show, in which she difficult? Have you had starts the show by a song that’s hard to singing some hit songs sing? of other singers as Kelly: Well, it's not required Ellen then necessarily that things asks her whether she are hard, it's just that has had a song that’s they shouldn't hard to sing Instead of happen Like me answering directly to covering Eminem was the question, she pretty much the [EXPLOSION SOUND EFFECT] rephrases Ellen’s statement first “it’s not necessarily that things are hard, it’s just that they shouldn’t happen”, then comparing her covering Eminem, an American rapper, as the sound of explosion \Her reply is not quite clear, so she flouts manner maxim The intention of maxim flouting is to arouse curiosity of the hearer and make them eager to listen to her story When Ellen supposes that she is turning 40 soon, Tiffany tries to mention her age in the obscure way “I’ll be 21 for the 19th year” The purpose of manner maxim flouting is to make a joke fe/63/man/ no Ellen: So when are you joking turning 40? Soon, right? Tiffany: I'm never going to be 40, but I am turning 21 for the 19th year really soon In December I'll be 21 for the 19th year fe/64/quan/rhe Ellen: But what emphasizing To emphasize the fact happens if they want to a fact the she does not want be comedians? Would her children to be you want them to be comedians because how comedians? hard the job is, Ali asks Ali: Would you want a rhetorical question any of your progeny to “Would you want any be comedians? No It's of your progeny to be a hard job, because comedians” in response now it's nice, but to Ellen’s question Her staying in those hotels, utterances seem more sleeping on those excessive than needed, squishy-ass mattresses which flouts quantity in those comedy maxim condos that are full of God knows what It's not safe You know what I mean, for women And I think that's a big reason why a lot of women don't stand up, because of the road fe/65/qual/me Ellen (talking about joking Howard Stern): And he’s a nice guy, right? Jennifer: He’s a sweetheart Ellen: Really sweet Jennifer: He's a big drink of tall, sweet water fe/66/qual/ir Ellen: And what were joking you last year? Halsey: Oh, well, I really wanted to something really glamorous and feminine I like flowers and pink and stuff like that So I went as Marilyn Manson In this situation, Ellen and Jennifer are mentioning how sweet Howard is Jennifer then uses the metaphorical figure “a big drink of tall, sweet water” to describe him, which seems awkward and far from the reality Therefore, she flouts quality maxim with the aim of making a joke about Howard Stern, who is actually her friend Ellen and Halsey are discussing about Halloween party Ellen then wants to know how Halsey dressed up last year With the aim of making a joke in this case, Halsey flouts quality maxim with irony strategy She states that she wanted to something “glamorous and feminine” and she liked “flowers and pink fe/67/man/ no fe/68/qual/ over Ellen: Not only is your joking documentary really, really good, but it could be possibly nominated for an Oscar You could win an Oscar for that documentary Dr.Ruth: Tell your audience — that’s what I'm wishing for I want to one of those little statues that I saw the other day at the dinner, at the Governors Ball I saw them And I was worried that they would give them all away I want them to keep a little one for me So tell them, tell them Ellen: Because you’re joking going to be going to the Oscars for sure, some how, someway Who’s going to go with you? Laura: I’m going somehow, someway stuff” However, what she chose is totally different Marilyn Manson, who she chose to dress up as, has a totally different appearance from what she has just described He looks quite scary In this context, Ellen is complimenting Dr.Ruth on her documentary and supposes that she could win Oscar In reply to Ellen, Dr.Ruth flouts manner maxim because her utterances seem quite not clear She intentionally describes her desire for winning the Oscar indirectly The purpose of the maxim flouting is to joke with the audience and create a cheerful atmosphere at the beginning of the show In response to Ellen’s statement that she is going to be going to the Oscars for sure, somehow, someway, Laura flouts quality maxim by using overstatement strategy You and I could go together, and we'll just break our way in if they don't let us in Well, again, trying to be a mother that’s keeping things comfortable, I better not discuss that right now, if I only have a plus one and a couple of kids She states that she and Ellen could go together and just break their way in it, which actually cannot happen The purpose of her maxim flouting is to make joke with Ellen before she answers Ellen’s question fe/69/qual/ under Ellen: And the last time showing you were here, you modesty were starting the “Endgame” movie right? Is that what you - you were starting that? Brie: Yeah The little movie that could fe/70/qual/ir Ellen: Because you joking wanted to be in People Magazine Kat: I'm a trash person I'm trash, what could I say? But look at that cute little thing! When Ellen mentions Brie’s role in the blockbuster movie “Endgame”, Brie understates “the little movie”, which is untrue according to the actual fact Therefore, Brie flouts quality maxim with the aim of showing her modesty in this case Ellen and Kat are discussing about her photo with a cat in People Magazine Kat describes how she struggled with the cat to have that nice photo on the magazine Ellen then teases her that she had to deal with the cat just because she wanted to be in People Magazine In response to that, Kat ironically states that she is a trash person while the cat is fe/71/quan/tau the cute little thing In fact, she cannot believe that she is trash as she supposes, which flouts quality maxim In this case, Kat just wants to make joke with Ellen since she teases her Ellen: Really, one of emphasizing In this situation, Ellen is them is the sexiest, he’s a fact mentioning that Victoria in the sexiest issue and David Beckham has He’s the sexiest at a son who is the sexiest every age Did you at every age and asks know that? whether she knows that Victoria: I don't know In her response to if I want to know that Ellen’s Yes/ No I don't know if I need question, Victoria flouts to know — is that quantity maxim, which Brooklyn? implies that she doesn’t care about that, no matter how sexy he is, he is still her son Or maybe she doesn’t want to hurt the other sons’ feeling since they might be disappointed if she immediately mentions the name of Brooklyn in this case The strategy found out is tautology, which is shown through the structure “I don’t know if I ” It can be assumed that the purpose of the maxim flouting is to emphasize that she does not care which one of her sons is considered as the sexiest, they are still her fe/72/quan/over Ellen: It’s good to see expressing you and thank you so one’s much You and Steph feeling were a part of our Greatest Night of Giveaways How fun was that? Ayesha: I don't have any words for it, besides it being fun, obviously It was just — to watch people's lives change right before your eyes, and for you to give us the opportunity to that for people was just so incredible beloved sons When being asked how fun the Greatest Night of Giveaways was, Ayesha expresses her extreme excitement about that by overstatement strategy, which is shown through the expression “not have any words for it, besides it being fun” Quantity maxim is flouted because her utterances seem quite redundant ĐẠI HỌC ĐÀ NẴNG TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC NGOẠI NGỮ Số: B9Ỡ/QĐ-ĐHNN CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM Độc lập - Tự - Hạnh phúc Đà Nang, ngày GẢ tháng 10 năm 2019 QUYẾT ĐỊNH việc giao đề tài trách nhiệm ngưò’i hưáng dẫn luận văn thạc sĩ HIỆU TRƯỞNG TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC NGOẠI NGỮ Căn Nghị định số 32/CP ngày 04 tháng năm 1994 Chính phủ việc thành lập Đại học Đà Nằng; Căn Quyết định số 709/QĐ - TTg ngày 26 tháng năm 2002 Chính phủ việc thành lập Trường Đại học Ngoại Ngữ, thuộc Đại học Đà Nang; Căn Thông tư số 08/2014/TT-BGDĐT ngày 20 tháng năm 2014 Bộ trưởng Bộ Giáo dục Đào tạo việc ban hành Quy chế tổ chức hoạt động Đại học vùng sở giáo dục đại học thành viên; Căn Thông tư số 15/2014/TT-BGDĐT ngày 15 tháng năm 2014 Bộ trưởng Bộ Giáo dục Đào tạo việc ban hành Quy chế đào tạo trình độ thạc sĩ; Căn Quy định nhiệm vụ, quyền hạn Đại học Đà Nằng, sở giáo dục đại học thành viên đơn vị trực thuộc ban hành kèm theo Quyết định số 6950/QĐĐHĐN ngày 01 tháng 12 năm 2014 Giám đốc Đại học Đà Nang; Căn Quyết định số 975/QĐ-ĐHNN ngày 04 tháng 11 năm 2016 Hiệu trưởng Trường Đại học Ngoại ngữ - Đại học Đà Nang việc ban hành Quy định Đào tạo trình độ thạc sĩ; Căn Biên họp hội đồng bảo vệ đề cương chi tiết luận văn tốt nghiệp thạc sĩ chun ngành Ngơn ngữ Anh khóa 36 ngày 17/7/2019; Theo đề nghị Trưởng phòng Phòng Đào tạo, QUYẾT ĐỊNH: Điều Giao cho học viên cao học Trần Thị Huyền Trang, lớp K36.NNA.ĐN, chuyên ngành Ngôn ngữ Anh, thực đề tài luận văn “4/7 Investigation into the Flouting of Conversational Maxims Employed by Male and Female Guests in the American Talk Show "The Ellen Show"”, hướng dân củstPGS.TS Nguyên Thị Quỳnh Hoa, Trường Đại học Ngoại ngữ - Đại học Đà Nang Điều Học viên cao học người hướng dẫn có tên Điều hưởng quyền lợi thực nhiệm vụ theo Quy chế đào tạo trình độ thạc sĩ Bộ Giáo dục Đào tạo ban hành Quy định đào tạo trình độ thạc sĩ Trường Đại học Ngoại ngữ - Đại học Đà Nằng Điều Thủ trưởng đơn vị liên quan Trường Đại học Ngoại ngữ - Đại học Đà Nang, người hướng dẫn luận văn học viên có tên Điêu Quyêt định thi hành./ Nơi nhận: - Hiệu trưởng (để b/c); - Như điều 3; - Lưu: VT, P.ĐT TRƯỞNG TRƯỞNG Văn Long ... PRAGMATIC FEATURES OF MAXIM FLOUTING EMPLOYED BY FEMALE GUESTS IN ? ?THE ELLEN SHOW” 4.2.1 Types of Maxim Flouting Employed by Female Guests The investigation into 72 instances of female guests reveals... how conversational maxims flouted by male and female guests in a fascinating show, The Ellen Show, the study entitled ? ?An Investigation into the Flouting of Conversational Maxims Employed by Male. . .THE UNIVERSITY OF DANANG UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES TRẦN THỊ HUYỀN TRANG AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE FLOUTING OF CONVERSATIONAL MAXIMS EMPLOYED BY MALE AND FEMALE GUESTS IN THE