A Study On Metaphoric Expressions In English Tourism Advertisements

This study mainly investigates how to use the syntactic and semantic features of metaphoric expressions in English tourism advertisements. The study collected 150 samples from 55 English websites then analyzed on syntactic and semantic aspects basing on the basic theory of M.A.K. Halliday (1985) wit...

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Hlavní autor: Trà Thị Doãn Dung
Další autoři: PGS.TS Trần Văn Phước
Médium: Diplomová práce
Jazyk:English
Vydáno: Trường Đại học Ngoại ngữ, Đại học Đà Nẵng 2025
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spelling oai:data.ufl.udn.vn:UFL-13482025-03-10T04:33:29Z A Study On Metaphoric Expressions In English Tourism Advertisements LVTHS2014-8220201-023 Trà Thị Doãn Dung PGS.TS Trần Văn Phước Metaphoric Expression Tourism Advertisements English The English Language This study mainly investigates how to use the syntactic and semantic features of metaphoric expressions in English tourism advertisements. The study collected 150 samples from 55 English websites then analyzed on syntactic and semantic aspects basing on the basic theory of M.A.K. Halliday (1985) with his famous work: „An Introduction to Functional Grammar‟. The finding shows that metaphoric expressions on noun phrases, verb phrases, and adjective phrases are mostly expressed. And in semantic site, ranges of history, beauty and life style are used most frequently, and this gives us more view and knowledge about tourist destinations. With findings above, semantic and syntactic features of metaphor are partly proposed to contribute to better the teaching and learning of English as a foreign language, especially to better the learners who are aware of translating and working in tourism industry. 2025-03-10T04:33:25Z 2025-03-10T04:33:25Z 2014 Thesis https://data.ufl.udn.vn/handle/UFL/1348 en application/pdf Trường Đại học Ngoại ngữ, Đại học Đà Nẵng
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topic Metaphoric
Expression
Tourism
Advertisements
English
The English Language
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Expression
Tourism
Advertisements
English
The English Language
Trà Thị Doãn Dung
A Study On Metaphoric Expressions In English Tourism Advertisements
description This study mainly investigates how to use the syntactic and semantic features of metaphoric expressions in English tourism advertisements. The study collected 150 samples from 55 English websites then analyzed on syntactic and semantic aspects basing on the basic theory of M.A.K. Halliday (1985) with his famous work: „An Introduction to Functional Grammar‟. The finding shows that metaphoric expressions on noun phrases, verb phrases, and adjective phrases are mostly expressed. And in semantic site, ranges of history, beauty and life style are used most frequently, and this gives us more view and knowledge about tourist destinations. With findings above, semantic and syntactic features of metaphor are partly proposed to contribute to better the teaching and learning of English as a foreign language, especially to better the learners who are aware of translating and working in tourism industry.
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title A Study On Metaphoric Expressions In English Tourism Advertisements
title_short A Study On Metaphoric Expressions In English Tourism Advertisements
title_full A Study On Metaphoric Expressions In English Tourism Advertisements
title_fullStr A Study On Metaphoric Expressions In English Tourism Advertisements
title_full_unstemmed A Study On Metaphoric Expressions In English Tourism Advertisements
title_sort study on metaphoric expressions in english tourism advertisements
publisher Trường Đại học Ngoại ngữ, Đại học Đà Nẵng
publishDate 2025
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