AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE PROVERBS CONTAINING FOODSTUFFS TERMS
Proverbs occupy a large part in almost every language. Proverbs containing foodstuffs terms are used very often in everyday conversation. However, second language learners find it difficult to understand proverbs in general and proverbs containing foodstuffs terms in particular. Therefore, the...
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| Language: | English |
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Trường Đại học Ngoại ngữ, Đại học Đà Nẵng
2025
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| Online Access: | https://data.ufl.udn.vn/handle/UFL/1844 |
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| Institutions: | Trường Đại học Ngoại ngữ - Đại học Đà Nẵng |
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| Summary: | Proverbs occupy a large part in almost every language. Proverbs
containing foodstuffs terms are used very often in everyday conversation.
However, second language learners find it difficult to understand proverbs in
general and proverbs containing foodstuffs terms in particular. Therefore, the
thesis makes an investigation into the linguistic features of English and
Vietnamese proverbs containing foodstuffs terms to discover the similarities
and differences between them especially in terms of syntactic and semantic
features, based on qualitative and quantitative approaches. 200 samples in
English and Vietnamese were taken from dictionaries, books and websites on
the internet. The study shows types of sentences used in PFT and some
experience represented in PFT such as trading experience, dining experience,
working experience, cooking experience, social relationship, family
relationship, human character, general truths and observation about life, life
experience. The study also puts forward some implications for teaching and
learning English to Vietnamese learners |
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