AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE EXPRESSIONS CONTAINING WORDS “HEART, LIVER, GUT, STOMACH” DESCRIBING HUMAN’S EMOTION THROUGH METAPHORS IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE

This research aims: - to investigate syntactic and semantic features of expressions containing words “heart, liver, gut, stomach”describing human’s emotion in English and Vietnamese. - To find out the similarities and differences in the conceptual metaphors describing human’s emotions in E...

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Main Author: Đỗ Thị Bé Dung
Other Authors: Dr. NGŨ THIỆN HÙNG
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Trường Đại học Ngoại ngữ, Đại học Đà Nẵng 2025
Online Access:https://data.ufl.udn.vn/handle/UFL/1855
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Institutions: Trường Đại học Ngoại ngữ - Đại học Đà Nẵng
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Summary:This research aims: - to investigate syntactic and semantic features of expressions containing words “heart, liver, gut, stomach”describing human’s emotion in English and Vietnamese. - To find out the similarities and differences in the conceptual metaphors describing human’s emotions in English and Vietnamese. - To help Vietnamese and English learners have a deeper and better understanding of expressions containing words “heart, liver, gut, stomach” describing human’s emotion in English and Vietnamese. - The significant similarities and differences on linguistic features of this words to avoid unnecessary mistakes in use and enhance their abilities to use them appropriately and effectively in communication and translation.