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Syntactic Structures of Vietnamese News Headlines

dc.contributor.authorSophana Srichampaen_US
dc.contributor.authorโสภนา ศรีจำปาen_US
dc.contributor.otherMahidol University. Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asiaen_US
dc.contributor.otherMahidol University. Institute of Language and Cultures for Rural Developmenten_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-30T09:16:55Z
dc.date.available2020-06-30T09:16:55Z
dc.date.created2020-06-30
dc.date.issued2004
dc.description.abstractThe Vietnamese news headlines were collected from the daily newspapers "Hà Nội Mới, Nhân dân, Sài Gòn and Sài Gòn Giải phóng all of which are widely available and sold inexpensively, between 1998-2001. A total of 1,100 news headlines were analysed for their syntactic structures. The result of the study is as follows: There were a total of 11 syntactic structures found: noun phrases (119 items-10.28%), prepositional phrases (12 items-1.09%), negative sentences (7 items-0.64%), interrogative sentences (20 items-2.00%), serial verb constructions (142 items-12.91%), passive constructions (8 items-0.73%), simple sentences (327 items-29.73%), subjectless sentences (146 items-13.27%), compound sentences (284 items-25.82%), complex sentences (28 items-2.55%), and paragraphs (5 items-0.45%). According to the frequency of each type of headline, the sentence is the most popular style (29.73%). This formulation conveys the message straightforwardly. Simple sentences can also be juxtaposed or conjoined as compound sentences; the compound sentence is the second most popular style (25.82%). The subjectless sentence is the third most popular type (13.27%). Paragraphs are the least popular form, comprising only 0.45% of headlines.en_US
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Language and Culture. Vol.23, No.2 (Jul. – Dec. 2004), 75-84en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/56889
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsMahidol Universityen_US
dc.rights.holderResearch Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia Mahidol Universityen_US
dc.subjectsyntactic structuresen_US
dc.subjectnewsen_US
dc.subjectheaadlinesen_US
dc.subjectvietnameseen_US
dc.subjectsentenceen_US
dc.subjectJournal of Language and Cultureen_US
dc.subjectวารสารภาษาและวัฒนธรรมen_US
dc.titleSyntactic Structures of Vietnamese News Headlinesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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