The study aims at making a conversation analysis of interruptions in the three rounds of the 2008 . presidential debates, and then giving some theoretical and pedagogical implications for utilizing interruptions in debates as well as other challenging and competitive speech exchanges. | VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES PHẠM THỊ HIỂN A STUDY OF INTERRUPTIONS IN 2008 US PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES NGHIÊN CỨU VỀ NGẮT LỜI TRONG CÁC CUỘC TRANH LUẬN TỔNG THỐNG MỸ NĂM 2008 MA MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field English Linguistics Code 60220201 Hanoi 2016 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES PHẠM THỊ HIỂN A STUDY OF INTERRUPTIONS IN 2008 US PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES NGHIÊN CỨU VỀ NGẮT LỜI TRONG CÁC CUỘC TRANH LUẬN TỔNG THỐNG MỸ NĂM 2008 MA MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field English Linguistics Code 60220201 Supervisor Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kiều Thị Thu Hương Hanoi 2016 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The completion of this study would not have been possible without the assistance of special and wonderful people. First of all I would like to acknowledge my indebtedness and gratitude to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kieu Thi Thu Huong for her unfailing encouragement constant support and supervision during all stages of the study. Her enthusiastic assistance guidance support and wisdom greatly contributed to the fulfillment of my thesis. I would also like to thank my supervisor for her patience in reading and editing my drafts. It must have been an unenjoyable experience. My sincere thanks go to all lecturers at the Faculty of Post-Graduate Studies ULIS VNU for their profound knowledge and outstanding teaching during my study here. My heartfelt gratitude is also to Dr. Huynh Anh Tuan the Head of the Faculty and all the staff members who have been of great help to me and all other graduate students. Last but not least I would like to give my deepest gratitude to my parents my husband my daughter and my colleagues for their moral support and encouragement throughout my training course. i DECLARATION I certify that this thesis is the result of my own research and has not been submitted to any institution or university for assessment purposes before. In .
