COGNITIVE LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF IDIOMS RELATED TO THE CONCEPT OF “BLACK” “WHITE” IN ENGLISH VERSUS VIETNAMESE
Idioms could be considered to be an invaluable treasure in all languages among which English and Vietnamese is not an exception. Idioms as a crystallization of culture reflect the world view and perception of a community. As a result, idioms have an intertwined relationship with the cognitio...
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Idioms could be considered to be an invaluable treasure in all languages
among which English and Vietnamese is not an exception. Idioms as a
crystallization of culture reflect the world view and perception of a
community. As a result, idioms have an intertwined relationship with the
cognition and the culture of a country. Indeed, when learning idioms we could
understand the cultural features of the country in which the idioms are
natively used. Nevertheless, this learning may be difficult for learners of a
language in general and a foreign language in particular in that their meanings
are unpredictable, the structures are fixed and noticeably they are inevitably
underpinned by their cultural cognitive features.
This paper is to contrast semantic and syntactic features and rhetorical
devices of English idioms and Vietnamese idioms related to the concept of
“Black”, “White” under the viewpoint of cognitive perspective. Both
qualitative and quantitative analysis is conducted basing on 226 idioms (100
English idioms and 126 Vietnamese idioms) collected from many different
resources such as English – Vietnamese dictionaries, Vietnamese-English
dictionaries, books, short stories, newspaper and the Internet. The findings
show that idioms related to the concept of “Black”, “White” in English and
Vietnamese have remarkable semantic and syntactic features and rhetorical
devices. According to the analysis of Cognitive perspective, they have some
similarities and differences in some features. On the other hand, from the
findings of this thesis, we can get insight understanding about the cultural
origin of both English idioms and Vietnamese idioms related to the concept of
“Black”, “White”. The paper also dealt with the implications for teaching,
learning and translating English and Vietnamese idioms related to the concept
of “Black”, “White” as well as put forward some suggestions for further study. |
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COGNITIVE LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF IDIOMS RELATED TO THE CONCEPT OF “BLACK” “WHITE” IN ENGLISH VERSUS VIETNAMESE |
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COGNITIVE LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF IDIOMS RELATED TO THE CONCEPT OF “BLACK” “WHITE” IN ENGLISH VERSUS VIETNAMESE |
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cognitive linguistic features of idioms related to the concept of “black” “white” in english versus vietnamese |
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oai:data.ufl.udn.vn:UFL-18302025-03-19T04:38:02Z COGNITIVE LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF IDIOMS RELATED TO THE CONCEPT OF “BLACK” “WHITE” IN ENGLISH VERSUS VIETNAMESE LV ThS 416 TRẦN VŨ THỊ DIỄM VY HỒ THỊ KIỀU OANH, Ph. D. Idioms could be considered to be an invaluable treasure in all languages among which English and Vietnamese is not an exception. Idioms as a crystallization of culture reflect the world view and perception of a community. As a result, idioms have an intertwined relationship with the cognition and the culture of a country. Indeed, when learning idioms we could understand the cultural features of the country in which the idioms are natively used. Nevertheless, this learning may be difficult for learners of a language in general and a foreign language in particular in that their meanings are unpredictable, the structures are fixed and noticeably they are inevitably underpinned by their cultural cognitive features. This paper is to contrast semantic and syntactic features and rhetorical devices of English idioms and Vietnamese idioms related to the concept of “Black”, “White” under the viewpoint of cognitive perspective. Both qualitative and quantitative analysis is conducted basing on 226 idioms (100 English idioms and 126 Vietnamese idioms) collected from many different resources such as English – Vietnamese dictionaries, Vietnamese-English dictionaries, books, short stories, newspaper and the Internet. The findings show that idioms related to the concept of “Black”, “White” in English and Vietnamese have remarkable semantic and syntactic features and rhetorical devices. According to the analysis of Cognitive perspective, they have some similarities and differences in some features. On the other hand, from the findings of this thesis, we can get insight understanding about the cultural origin of both English idioms and Vietnamese idioms related to the concept of “Black”, “White”. The paper also dealt with the implications for teaching, learning and translating English and Vietnamese idioms related to the concept of “Black”, “White” as well as put forward some suggestions for further study. TABLE OF CONTENTS STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP................................................................ i ABSTRACT.....................................................................................................ii TABLE OF CONTENTS...............................................................................iii LIST OF TABLES ......................................................................................... vi LIST OF CHART.......................................................................................... vii CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION.................................................................. 1 1.1. RATIONALE............................................................................................. 1 1.2. AIMS OF THE STUDY............................................................................. 2 1.3. OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................ 3 1.4. RESEARCH SCOPE ................................................................................. 3 1.5. RESEARCH QUESTIONS........................................................................ 3 1.6. JUSTIFICATION FOR THE STUDY....................................................... 4 1.7. ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY........................................................ 4 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW AND THEORETICAL BACKGROUND ............................................................................................. 6 2.1. LITERATURE REVIEW .......................................................................... 6 2.2. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND........................................................... 9 2.2.1. Cognitive Linguistics....................................................................... 9 2.2.2. Definition of Idioms and Color Idioms ......................................... 14 2.2.3. Main Features of Idioms................................................................ 15 2.2.4. Idioms and Other Language Units................................................. 16 2.2.5. The Concept of “Black”, “White” in English and in Vietnamese..... 21 2.2.6. The Relationship of Language, Culture and Cognition................. 23 2.3. CONCLUDING REMARKS................................................................... 26 CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY ............. 28 iv 3.1. DESCRIPTION OF SAMPLE................................................................. 28 3.2. RESEARCH PROCEDURES.................................................................. 28 3.2.1. Data Collection .............................................................................. 28 3.2.2. Data Analysis................................................................................. 29 3.3. INSTRUMENT FOR ANALYSIS .......................................................... 29 3.4. RESEARCH METHODS ........................................................................ 30 CHAPTER 4: DISCUSSIONS AND FINDINGS....................................... 31 4.1. SEMANTIC FEATURES, SYNTACTIC FEATURES AND RHETORICAL DEVICES OF ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE IDIOMS RELATED TO THE CONCEPT OF “BLACK”, “WHITE” UNDER COGNITIVE LINGUISTIC VIEWPOINT .................................................... 31 4.1.1. Semantic Features of English and Vietnamese Idioms Related to the Concept of “Black”, “White”.................................................................... 31 4.1.2. Syntactic Features of English and Vietnamese Idioms Related to the Concept of “Black”, “White”.................................................................... 33 4.1.3. Rhetorical Devices of English and Vietnamese Idioms Related to the Concept of “Black”, “White”................................................................ 34 4.1.4. Semantic Fields, Syntactic Features and Rhetorical Devices of Idioms Related to the Concept of “Black”, “White” in English Versus Vietnamese ...................................................................................................... 38 4.2. SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES OF ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE IDIOMS RELATED TO THE CONCEPT OF “BLACK”, “WHITE” UNDER COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE........................................ 96 4.2.1. Similarities..................................................................................... 96 4.2.2. Differences..................................................................................... 97 4.3. CONCLUDING REMARKS................................................................. 101 CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS ....................... 102 v 5.1. CONCLUSIONS.................................................................................... 102 5.2. IMPLICATIONS FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING, TEACHING AND TRANSLATING ................................................................................. 103 5.2.1. Implications for Learning Idioms Related to the Concept of “Black”, “White” in English and in Vietnamese .......................................... 103 5.2.2. Implications for Teaching Idioms Related to the Concept of “Black”, “White” in English Versus Vietnamese ......................................... 105 5.2.3. Implication for Translating Idioms Related to the Concept of “Black”, “White” in English Versus Vietnamese ......................................... 106 5.3. LIMITATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH. 108 5.3.1. Limitations................................................................................... 108 5.3.2. Suggestions for Further Research................................................ 108 REFERENCES QUYẾT ĐỊNH GIAO ĐỀ TÀI LUẬN VĂN (Bản sao) 2025-03-19T04:37:56Z 2025-03-19T04:37:56Z 2013 Thesis https://data.ufl.udn.vn/handle/UFL/1830 en application/pdf application/pdf Trường Đại học Ngoại ngữ |