TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1. RATIONALE
1.2. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
1.3. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
1.4. RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1.5. SCOPE OF THE STUDY
1.6. ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1. PREVIOUS STUDIES
2.2. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
2.2.1. Discourse
2.2.2. Conversation as a Discourse Type
2.2.3. Speech Acts Theory
CHAPTER 3 METHOD AND PROCEDURE
3.1. METHODS OF THE STUDY
3.2. RESEARCH PROCEDURES
3.3. SAMPLING
3.4. DATA COLLECTION
3.5. DATA ANALYSIS
CHAPTER 4 FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
4.1. THE STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF JUDGEMENT EXPRESSIONS IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE CONVERSATIONS
4.1.1. JEs with Openings
4.1.2. JEs without Openings
4.1.3. The Structural Features of JEs in English Conversations
4.1.4. The Structural Features of JEs in Vietnamese Conversations
4.2. THE FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OF JUDGEMENT EXPRESSIONS IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE CONVERSATIONS
4.2.1. Directness and Indirectness in JEs in English and Vietnamese Conversations
4.2.2. The Functional Features of JEs in English
4.2.3. The Functional Features of JEs in Vietnamese
4.3. SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES OF STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OF JEs IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE CONVERSATIONS
4.3.1. Similarities and Differences of Structural Features of JEs in English and Vietnamese Conversations
4.3.2. Similarities and Differences of Functional Features of JEs in English and Vietnamese Conversations
CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS
5.1. SUMMARY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STUDY
5.2. REVIEW OF THE FINDINGS OF THE STUDY
5.3. IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING
5.4. LIMITATIONS
5.5. SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCHES