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Indirectness in Vietnamese Newspaper Commentaries: A Pilot Study
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Tran, Thai T
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Year and Degree
2007, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, English/Rhetoric and Writing.
Abstract
Since ESL literature has ascribed circuitous textual development, covert ideational connections, and usage of implicative devices to second-language-writing indirectness, the purpose of this project was to inquire into (1) whether Vietnamese writing in both English and Vietnamese exhibited any or all the three aspects of indirectness, (2) how the employment of the second language as a vehicle of thought as well as the concern with the intended audience might influence the writer’s utilization of such indirectness, and (3) whether such manifestations might negatively affect Western text interpretation. My survey of forty commentaries written in English and in the native language from eight Vietnamese newspapers, four targeting senior audience and four aiming at junior readers, indicated that (1) the general textual advancements were quasi-deductive and quasi-inductive, (2) texts in the second language seemed to be developed in an approach closer to the deductive method (i.e.; quasi-deductive), (3) the theme-delay progression appeared to be the general writing tendency in both the native- and foreign-language texts, (4) implicit inter-propositional connections might be problematic for Western readers, (5) the L2 inappropriate employment of indirectness devices might involve a lack of instruction in style and tone, and (6) more influences of language than audience on the usage of indirectness in all the three aspects. The findings also suggested explicit and specific instruction to address non-Western writing features in second-language composition. Further in-depth investigation is needed to confirm these findings and to explore rhetorical practices by Vietnamese, an area scarcely traversed by rhetoricians.
Committee
Kristine Blair (Advisor)
Pages
159 p.
Subject Headings
Language, Rhetoric and Composition
Keywords
indirectness
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indirection
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rhetorical situation
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vague language
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propositional relationship
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textual
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ideational
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text
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linguistics
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discourse analysis
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text grammar
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discourse bloc
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discourse matrix
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coordination
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subordination
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superordination
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Tran, T. T. (2007).
Indirectness in Vietnamese Newspaper Commentaries: A Pilot Study
[Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1182797918
APA Style (7th edition)
Tran, Thai.
Indirectness in Vietnamese Newspaper Commentaries: A Pilot Study.
2007. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1182797918.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Tran, Thai. "Indirectness in Vietnamese Newspaper Commentaries: A Pilot Study." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1182797918
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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