TTLV: Characteristics of using strong ellipsis and nominal subordinate clauses in television drama scripts

MASTER'S THESIS INFORMATION

1. Student's full name: NGUYEN NGOC THUY 2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: February 24, 1985

4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Decision on recognition of students No. 1528/QD-XHNV-KH&SĐH dated October 14, 2009 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

6. Changes in training process: No

7. Thesis topic: Characteristics of using strong ellipsis and nominal subordinate clauses in television drama scripts

8. Major: Linguistics 9. Code: 60.22.01

10. Instructor: Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Huu Dat

11. Summary of thesis results:

The thesis focuses on highlighting two issues: the characteristics of using strong ellipsis and nominal subordinate clauses in television drama scripts and their roles when included in television drama scripts.

Through the survey, we found that cinematic language is one of the unique forms of artistic language, carrying hidden, profound, and subtle ideas. The descriptive results show that omissions in film scripts are performed at different levels, in which strong omissions are used more (especially omission of the core subject).

The use of strong ellipsis and nominal subordinate clauses in television drama scripts plays a very important role in creating a strong semantic impression in a descriptive sentence, both evoking images and creating drama in situations, especially when there is dialogue between characters in the film, thereby building a clear image of the character, forming the cinematic style and the author's style.

12. Practical applicability: The results of the thesis will contribute to the theoretical research on the connection of text forms. On the other hand, in practice, the research results can be used as teaching materials for the University of Theater and Cinema and the subject of stylistics in universities.

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: NGUYEN NGOC THUY 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: February 24, 1985 4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5.Admission decision number: 1528/QD- XHNV- KH&SDH Dated October 14, 2009.

6. Changes in academic process: None

7. Official thesis title: The characteristics of using strong ellipsis and the language identifier in drama and movie scripts

8. Major: Linguistics 9. Code: 60.22.01

10.Supervisors: Assoc.Prof.Dr Nguyen Huu Dat

11. Summary of findings:

The thesis focuses on describing the roles and usage of ellipsis and the language identifier in drama and movie scripts.

Our findings affirm that theatrical language is a unique type of language, employing many subtle implications and insinuations. Ellipsis is used at different levels throughout the scripts, with strong ellipsis being the most common one (especially ellipsis of the governing element).

The employment of strong ellipsis and the language identifier in movie and drama scripts is capable of leaving powerful impressions in terms of crafting images and dramatizing scripts' settings. Especially when used in movies' dialogues, it defines the characters, thus creating a distinctive style for different scripts and screenwriters.

12. Practical applicability:

The findings will contribute to the research of linguistic coordination. On the other hand, this thesis can be used as teaching materials for linguistic courses in general as well as for Hanoi Academy of Theater and Cinema specifically.