MINISTRY OF
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
HANOI OPEN UNIVERSITY
LÊ THỊ TỐ UYÊN
SYNTACTIC AND PRAGMATIC FEATURES OF ENGLISH TAG
QUESTION
(ĐẶC ĐIỂM CÚ PHÁP VÀ NGỮ DỤNG HỌC CỦA CÂU HỎI TÁCH BIỆT
TRONG TIẾNG ANH)
M.A THESIS
Field:
English Language
Code:
8220201
Hanoi, 2019
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STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP
I,
the undersigned, hereby certify my authority of the study project report entitled
“
The syntactic and pragmatic features of English tag question” submitted in
partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master in English Language.
Except where the reference is indicated, no other person‟s work has been used without
due acknowledgement in the text of the thesis.
Hanoi, 2019
Le Thi To Uyen
Approved by
SUPERVISOR
Assoc. Prof. Vo Dai Quang, Ph,D
Date:……………………………..
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This thesis could not have been completed without the help and support from a
number
of people. I would like, hereby, to express my profound gratitude to my
supervisor Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vo Dai Quang who has patiently and constantly supported
me through
the stages of the study, and whose stimulating ideas, expertise, and
suggestions have inspired me greatly through my growth as an academic researcher.
Also, I am very grateful to all the teachers at the Faculty
of Postgraduate Studies of
Hanoi Open University for their interesting and useful lectures which have built in me
a firm foundation with immense ideas for the fulfillment of this paper.
In conducting this research, I have benefited a lot of ideas from the research work:
“The Syntax and Pragmatics o f English Tag Questions: A Study o f Adult Arabic
Learners of English” by Imad Al-Nabtiti”.
Last but not least, I should also express my heartfelt thanks to my family who have
supported me a lot during my studies and my research work as well.