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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES POSTGRADUATE DEPARTMENT. A STUDY ON GRAMMATICAL AND PROSODIC MEANS AS COHESIVES DEVICES IN NARRATIVE DISCOURSE. MA THESIS Presenter: Nguyen Thu Phuong. CONTENTS. Introduction
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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOIUNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIESPOSTGRADUATE DEPARTMENT A STUDY ON GRAMMATICAL AND PROSODIC MEANS AS COHESIVES DEVICES IN NARRATIVE DISCOURSE MA THESIS Presenter: Nguyen Thu Phuong
CONTENTS • Introduction • Literature review and theoretical background • A study on grammatical means and intonation as cohesive devices in narrative discourse. • Conclusion
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY How reference, ellipsis, substitution and conjunction function in particular become cohesive devices in narrative discourse How prosodic means in general and intonation in particular become a cohesive device in narrative discourse.
RATIONALE OF THE STUDY The linguists has discussed and given various concept about cohesive devices. The demands of applying means of cohesion to gain the best communicative values.
SCOPE OF THE STUDY Cohesion in narrative discourse is a big area. The study only focus on the grammatical means and intonation as cohesive devices in the film “The Perfect Man” on HBO channel.
METHODS OF THE STUDY Major method: inductive method Minor method: analytic method Technique: description and systemization Specific examples are taken from “The Perfect Man” and then described and analyzed to form the general rules and principle
RATIONALE OF THE STUDY The linguists has discussed and given various concept about cohesive devices. The demands of applying means of cohesion to gain the best
RATIONALE OF THE STUDY The linguists has discussed and given various concept about how intonation and grammatical means as cohesive devices in narrative discourse SCOPE OF THE STUDY AIMS OF THE STUDY
CONTENTS • Introduction • Literature review and theoretical background • A study on grammatical means and intonation as cohesive devices in narrative discourse. • Conclusion
Suggestions for further studies • The influence of the cultural factors on English and Vietnamese job application letters. • Semantic or grammatical features of job application letters. • Analysis of English and Vietnamese curriculum vitae