A STUDY ON IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS CONTAINING THE WORD “WATER” IN ENGLISH AND “NƯỚC” IN VIETNAMESE
This thesis attempts to study syntactic and semantic features of English idiomatic expressions containing the word “Water” in English (EIW) and “nước” in Vietnamese (VIN). Both qualitative and quantitative analysis is made use of through 200 idioms in English and Vietnamese together with num...
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This thesis attempts to study syntactic and semantic features of English
idiomatic expressions containing the word “Water” in English (EIW) and
“nước” in Vietnamese (VIN). Both qualitative and quantitative analysis is
made use of through 200 idioms in English and Vietnamese together with
numerous numbers of examples from various linguistic books, short stories,
and other sources on the internet. The findings show that idiomatic
expressions containing the word “Water” in English and “nước” in
Vietnamese have remarkable syntactic and semantic features. The study also
points out some similarities and differences between EIW and VIN in some
features. Simultaneously, the study also deals with the implications for
teaching and learning of idioms as well as for further studies. |
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TRẦN QUANG HẢI, Ph.D |
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TRẦN QUANG HẢI, Ph.D Nguyễn Văn Khiếu |
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A STUDY ON IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS CONTAINING THE WORD “WATER” IN ENGLISH AND “NƯỚC” IN VIETNAMESE |
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oai:data.ufl.udn.vn:UFL-17102025-03-19T03:56:35Z A STUDY ON IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS CONTAINING THE WORD “WATER” IN ENGLISH AND “NƯỚC” IN VIETNAMESE LV ThS 344 Nguyễn Văn Khiếu TRẦN QUANG HẢI, Ph.D This thesis attempts to study syntactic and semantic features of English idiomatic expressions containing the word “Water” in English (EIW) and “nước” in Vietnamese (VIN). Both qualitative and quantitative analysis is made use of through 200 idioms in English and Vietnamese together with numerous numbers of examples from various linguistic books, short stories, and other sources on the internet. The findings show that idiomatic expressions containing the word “Water” in English and “nước” in Vietnamese have remarkable syntactic and semantic features. The study also points out some similarities and differences between EIW and VIN in some features. Simultaneously, the study also deals with the implications for teaching and learning of idioms as well as for further studies. TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION.................................................................. 1 1.1. RATIONALE............................................................................................. 1 1.2. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY........................................................... 2 1.3. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ....................................................................... 3 1.3.1. Aims................................................................................................. 3 1.3.2. Objectives ........................................................................................ 3 1.4. SCOPE OF THE STUDY.......................................................................... 3 1.5. RESEARCH QUESTIONS........................................................................ 4 1.6. ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY........................................................ 4 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW AND THRORETICAL BACKGROUND ........................................................................................... 6 2.1. LITERATURE REVIEW .......................................................................... 6 2.2. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND........................................................... 9 2.2.1 Definition of Idioms.......................................................................... 9 2.2.2. Idiomatic expressions containing the word “Water”..................... 11 2.2.3. Main features of idioms................................................................. 12 2.2.4. Idioms and Other Language Units................................................. 16 2.2.5. Concepts of Semantic Fields ......................................................... 20 2.3. SUMMARY ............................................................................................. 21 CHAPTER 3: METHODS AND PROCEDURES..................................... 22 3.1. RESEARCH DESIGN ............................................................................. 22 3.2. RESEARCH METHODS ........................................................................ 22 3.3. PROCEDURES........................................................................................ 23 3.4. SAMPLING ............................................................................................. 23 iv 3.5. DATA ANALYSIS.................................................................................. 23 3.6. INSTRUMENTS FOR ANALYSIS........................................................ 24 3.7. RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY........................................................... 24 3.7.1. Reliability....................................................................................... 24 3.7.2. Validity .......................................................................................... 25 CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION......................................... 26 4.1. SYNTACTIC FEATURES OF ENGLISH IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS CONTAINING THE WORD “WATER” AND “NƯỚC” IN VIETNAMESE.......................................................................................... 26 4.1.1. Phrase structures............................................................................ 26 4.1.2. Sentence Structures........................................................................ 49 4.1.3. The Structure of English idiomatic expressions containing the word “water” and Vietnamese ones containing the word “nước”. ................. 52 4.1.4. Similarities and Differences in Syntactic Features of English idiomatic expressions containing the word “water” and “Nước” in Vietnamese ...................................................................................................... 57 4.2. SEMANTIC FEATURES OF ENGLISH IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS CONTAINING THE WORD “WATER” AND “NƯỚC” IN VIETNAMESE. ......................................................................................... 58 4.2.1. Transference of meaning of English idiomatic expressions containing the word “water” and “Nước” in Vietnamese............................... 58 4.2.2. Semantic fields of English idiomatic expressions containing the word “water” and “Nước” in Vietnamese....................................................... 62 4.2.3. Similarities and Differences in Semantic Features of English idiomatic expressions containing the word “water” and “Nước” in Vietnamese ...................................................................................................... 72 v CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS ......................... 75 5.1. CONCLUSIONS...................................................................................... 75 5.2. IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING IDIOMS......... 76 5.3. LIMITATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH... 78 REFERENCES.............................................................................................. 79 QUYẾT ĐỊNH GIAO ĐỀ TÀI APPENDIX 1 APPENDIX 2 2025-03-19T03:56:30Z 2025-03-19T03:56:30Z 2013 Thesis https://data.ufl.udn.vn/handle/UFL/1710 en application/pdf application/pdf Trường Đại học Ngoại ngữ, Đại học Đà Nẵng |