A STUDY OF IDIOMS RELATED TO COMPLIMENT AND APPRECIATION (ENGLISH VERSUS VIETNAMESE)

Idioms are heavily loaded with cultural information. Although they share some common ground, English idioms and Vietnamese idioms differ greatly due to cultural differences. This thesis is to study the syntactic, semantic and cultural features of English and Vietnamese idioms related to compli...

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Päätekijä: NGUYỄN ÁI NGÂN
Muut tekijät: HỒ VŨ KHUÊ NGỌC, Ph.D.
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Kieli:English
Julkaistu: Trường Đại học Ngoại ngữ, Đại học Đà Nẵng 2025
Linkit:https://data.ufl.udn.vn/handle/UFL/1724
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spelling oai:data.ufl.udn.vn:UFL-17242025-03-19T04:00:59Z A STUDY OF IDIOMS RELATED TO COMPLIMENT AND APPRECIATION (ENGLISH VERSUS VIETNAMESE) LV ThS 356 NGUYỄN ÁI NGÂN HỒ VŨ KHUÊ NGỌC, Ph.D. Idioms are heavily loaded with cultural information. Although they share some common ground, English idioms and Vietnamese idioms differ greatly due to cultural differences. This thesis is to study the syntactic, semantic and cultural features of English and Vietnamese idioms related to compliments and appreciation. In the thesis, 150 English idiom samples and 150 Vietnamese idiom samples related to compliments and appreciation are investigated. Both qualitative and quantitative research instruments are used and 300 idioms in two languages together with numerous of examples from various linguistics books, dictionaries, short stories and from the Internet are taken into consideration and full study. The findings show that idioms related to compliments and appreciation have remarkable syntactic, semantic and cultural features and there are interesting similarities and differences between English and Vietnamese in some features. This thesis also deals with the implications for teaching and learning English as a foreign language in Vietnam for teachers and students of English as well as for further study. 2025-03-19T04:00:54Z 2025-03-19T04:00:54Z 2013 Thesis https://data.ufl.udn.vn/handle/UFL/1724 en application/pdf application/pdf Trường Đại học Ngoại ngữ, Đại học Đà Nẵng
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description Idioms are heavily loaded with cultural information. Although they share some common ground, English idioms and Vietnamese idioms differ greatly due to cultural differences. This thesis is to study the syntactic, semantic and cultural features of English and Vietnamese idioms related to compliments and appreciation. In the thesis, 150 English idiom samples and 150 Vietnamese idiom samples related to compliments and appreciation are investigated. Both qualitative and quantitative research instruments are used and 300 idioms in two languages together with numerous of examples from various linguistics books, dictionaries, short stories and from the Internet are taken into consideration and full study. The findings show that idioms related to compliments and appreciation have remarkable syntactic, semantic and cultural features and there are interesting similarities and differences between English and Vietnamese in some features. This thesis also deals with the implications for teaching and learning English as a foreign language in Vietnam for teachers and students of English as well as for further study.
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title_short A STUDY OF IDIOMS RELATED TO COMPLIMENT AND APPRECIATION (ENGLISH VERSUS VIETNAMESE)
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title_sort study of idioms related to compliment and appreciation (english versus vietnamese)
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