friends: “That shirt looks nice on you”. Those utterances are called compliments which are used to show that someone likes someone else’s appearance‚ belongings‚ or work etc. Due to different cultural background and social values‚ English and Vietnamese native speakers have different norms of complimenting as well as responding to compliments. In this essay‚ I will discuss the notion of compliment made in American English and Vietnamese in terms of topics‚ formulas‚ and responses. First thing first‚
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vinh university foreign language department ==== (((==== A CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY OF GIVING COMPLIMENTS and responses IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE (nghiên cỨU GIAO THOA VĂN HÓA VỀ CÁCH KHEN VÀ ĐÁP LẠI LỜI KHEN TRONG TIẾNG aNH VÀ TIẾNG VIỆT ) graduation paper fIELD: lINGUISTICS Student: TRUONG THI THANH CANH‚ 47A1 Supervisor: BUI THI THANH MAI (M.A) Vinh - 2010 Acknowledgement I would first like specially to thank Mrs
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Running head: Word formation in English and Vietnamese Word formation in English and Vietnamese: a contrastive analysis Pham Thi Hong Ly HCMC University of Pedagogy Abstract: Language is a principal mean used by human beings to exchange information and communicate with each other. We use language to discuss a wide range of topics which distinguishes us with animals. In other words‚ language is a vital tool of communication. In order to share ideas and feelings effectively
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Contrastive Analysis of the Conceptual Metaphor LIFE IS A JOURNEY in English and its Equivalent in Vietnamese Department of English Ho Chi Minh University of Education Instructor: Bui Nguyen Khanh Ho Chi Minh City‚ June 19th‚ 2013 1 I. ABSTRACT Since its introduction in 1980‚ the publication “Metaphors We Live By” by Mark Johnson and George Lackoff has successfully persuaded the readers to see all metaphors in a new light. The 1980 classic maintains that metaphorical expressions
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between Persian and English speakers’ patterns (macro and micro) of responding to compliments and observed some dissimilarity between them while accepting‚ rejecting and evading a compliment. This study also indicates whether Persian learners of English produce target- like compliments and compliment responses in English and whether pragmatic transfer can occur. Discourse completion tests (DCTs) were used to study the strategies employed when complimenting and responding to compliments by Intermediate
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differences in Malay language and other language form that may be found different‚ thus the name contrastive analysis. Wrapping up this paper‚ two (2) paradigm found that explained the importance of contrastive analysis and the similarities as well as differences in Malay language with other languages‚ in this case English. Questions would be ask by anyone regarding the rational of using contrastive analysis in learning language and why it is vital for us to keep practicing it when in the end‚ all that
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Contrastive Analysis and Second Language Acquisition Contrastive Analysis was used extensively in the field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA) in the 1960s and early 1970s‚ as a method of explaining why some features of a target language were more difficult to acquire than others. According to the behaviourist theories prevailing at the time‚ language learning was a question of habit formation‚ and this could be reinforced or impeded by existing habits. Therefore‚ the difficulty in mastering certain
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Running head: ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE GREETINGS 1 Contrastive Analysis: English and Vietnamese Greetings Nguyen Thi Bich Hang University of Education ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE GREETINGS 2 As we all know‚ differences in culture are one of the main problems leading to a failure of communication. Thus‚ if learners want to develop their communicative competence in the target language‚ besides listening and speaking‚ they should improve a wide knowledge about sociolinguistics. Usually in daily
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Contrastive analysis Volker Gast 1 Introduction Narrowly defined‚ contrastive analysis investigates the differences between pairs (or small sets) of languages against the background of similarities and with the purpose of providing input to applied disciplines such as foreign language teaching and translation studies. With its largely descriptive focus contrastive linguistics provides an interface between theory and application. It makes use of theoretical findings and models of language
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HO CHI MINH CITY UNIVERSITY OF PEDAGOGY ENGLISH DEPARTMENT ((( Vietnamese and English Greetings: A contrastive analysis Instructor : Nguyen Ngoc Vu Student: Tran Thi Bich Hanh Class: 4A-07 Ho Chi Minh City 12/2010 Abstract We learn a second language or a foreign language for different purposes. It may ensure a better job‚ a better payment‚ or new opportunities as well as open ways to meet
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