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How speakers of Vietnamese omit terms of address and reference during conversations, especially in casual contexts. This practice was studied from a pragmatic perspective, which argued that the phenomenon should be viewed as communicative strategies employed by Vietnamese speakers, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
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Why is it important?
This is an empirical study with data collected from Vietnamese television dramas and discussed from a pragmatic perspective. Therefore, it provides some practical insight into omission of address terms in daily communication practice.
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Writing this paper was such a pleasure as it reflected what I had always observed and found interesting.
Thoai Ton
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This page is a summary of: Ellipsis of terms of address and reference in casual communication events in Vietnamese, Language and Linguistics 語言暨語言學, January 2018, John Benjamins,
DOI: 10.1075/lali.00007.ton.
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