Luận văn An investigation into linguistic devices used for avoiding conflict in conversation

Tóm tắt Luận văn An investigation into linguistic devices used for avoiding conflict in conversation: ...lights the similarities and differences between two 8 languages. Therefore, comparison is also used as a supporting method which make analysis more realizable. The quantitative approach serves as the base for data analysis to find out the frequency of used linguistic devices. The result of...vely. 4.2.1.2. In Vietnamese films Table 4.3: Results of the survey on Vietnamese linguistic devices used in token agreement strategy to avoid conflict Token agreement Phrase of agreement, nhưng Short statement of agreement, nhưng Long Statement, nhưng Total Item 32 4...atement, but/nhưng, the structures Phrase of agreement, but/nhưng and Short statement of agreement, but/nhưng…only take up a very humble propotion. A possible explanation is that these structures are rather direct and uneffective in formal conversations. They only prove to be suiTable in inf...