Noun Phrases In English
Running head: NOUN PHRASES IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE
A CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS OF NOUN PHRASES IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE
Le Thi Hong Phuong
University of Education
English – Vietnamese Comparative Linguistics 2011
Instructor: Nguyen Ngoc Vu
Class: 4A08
December 30, 2011
Abstract:
Language is a complicated category. Only human beings can use language to express their ideas, concepts and feelings. The use of this tool is for the communication between the addresser and the addressee. There are more than two hundred languages and each language has its own feature all over the world. Language itself is a complex system and it is dependent to us culturally, socially and personally. Learning a language involves many things such as pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar… The aim of this study is to discuss the noun phrases in English and Vietnamese and their influence in teaching and learning English in Vietnamese situation. I hope that this paper will provide as much information as possible on English and Vietnamese noun phrases. It also attempts to state the similarities and differences in noun phrases of the two languages. I pay attention to the analysis of the heads, the pre and post modifications, their positions and functions of English and Vietnamese noun phrases. Finally, there are some teaching implications made for those who are going to be English teachers.
Definition of Noun phrases:
What is a noun phrase? According to Wikipedia, “In grammar, a noun phrase, nominal phrase, or nominal group (abbreviated NP) is a phrase based on a noun, pronoun, or other noun-like word (nominal) optionally accompanied by modifiers such as adjectives.”
Like all phrases, we can analyze the English noun phrase’s components into both functional ones and formal ones. From a functional point of view, the noun phrase has four major components, occurring in a fixed order:
Pre modification, which comprises all the modifying or describing constituents before the
A CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS OF NOUN PHRASES IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE
Le Thi Hong Phuong
University of Education
English – Vietnamese Comparative Linguistics 2011
Instructor: Nguyen Ngoc Vu
Class: 4A08
December 30, 2011
Abstract:
Language is a complicated category. Only human beings can use language to express their ideas, concepts and feelings. The use of this tool is for the communication between the addresser and the addressee. There are more than two hundred languages and each language has its own feature all over the world. Language itself is a complex system and it is dependent to us culturally, socially and personally. Learning a language involves many things such as pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar… The aim of this study is to discuss the noun phrases in English and Vietnamese and their influence in teaching and learning English in Vietnamese situation. I hope that this paper will provide as much information as possible on English and Vietnamese noun phrases. It also attempts to state the similarities and differences in noun phrases of the two languages. I pay attention to the analysis of the heads, the pre and post modifications, their positions and functions of English and Vietnamese noun phrases. Finally, there are some teaching implications made for those who are going to be English teachers.
Definition of Noun phrases:
What is a noun phrase? According to Wikipedia, “In grammar, a noun phrase, nominal phrase, or nominal group (abbreviated NP) is a phrase based on a noun, pronoun, or other noun-like word (nominal) optionally accompanied by modifiers such as adjectives.”
Like all phrases, we can analyze the English noun phrase’s components into both functional ones and formal ones. From a functional point of view, the noun phrase has four major components, occurring in a fixed order:
Pre modification, which comprises all the modifying or describing constituents before the
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