VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI
UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
FACULTY OF POST – GRADUATE STUDIES

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HOÀNG THỊ MỴ

A CROSS – CULTURAL STUDY ON THE
ECONOMICALITY AND REDUNDANCY IN
REQUESTING IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE

Nghiên cứu giao văn hóa về tính kiệm ngôn và rườm ngôn
trong hành vi yêu cầu của người Anh và người Việt M.A Minor Thesis
Field: Linguistics
Code: 602215 HANOI – 2010


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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Declaration i
Acknowledgements ii
Abstract iii
List of abbreviations iv
List of tables v

PART A: INTRODUCTION 1
1. Rationale and the statement of the problem 1
2. Aims of the study 3
3. Significance of the study 3
4. Scope of the study 4
5. Method of the study 4

PART B: DEVELOPMENT 5
CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW 5
1.1. Speech acts and classification of speech acts 5
1.2. Requesting as a speech act 7
1.3. Redundancy and classification of redundancy 9
1.3.1. Redundancy 9
1.3.2. Classification of redundancy 10
1.3.2.1. Modality redundancy 10
1.3.2.2. Habitual redundancy 11
1.3.2.3. Insufficient redundancy 11
1.4. Economicality and classification of economicality 11
1.4.1. Economicality 11

1. Conclusions 40
2. Pedagogical implications 41
3. Suggestions for further study 42
REFERENCES 43
APPENDIX I