Conjunctions in some English and Vietnamese newletters: a contrastive analysis Phân tích đối chiếu liên từ trong một số bức thư ngỏ Tiếng Anh và Tiếng Việt Nguyễn Thị Hoàng Huế Univer
Trang 1Conjunctions in some English and Vietnamese
newletters: a contrastive analysis Phân tích đối chiếu liên từ trong một số bức
thư ngỏ Tiếng Anh và Tiếng Việt
Nguyễn Thị Hoàng Huế
University of Languages and International Studies M.A Thesis English Linguistics: 60 22 15 Supervisor : Ph.D Phạm Thị Thanh Thùy
Năm bảo vệ: 2012
Abstract It is a fact that English has entirely become an international language on
account of its highest effectiveness in communication In effect, a prevalent phenomenon has been occurring in a great number of countries in the world where millions of people are attempting to use the language as native speakers Nevertheless,
it is inadequate to take care of the choice of words (adjectives, nouns, verbs, and articles…), grammar rules (voice, aspect, and tense…) alone for fruitful communication; using conjunctions is highly appreciated Without conjunctions, it is rather hard to understand the content of a meandering speech In addition, the given ideas are completely by no means cohesive, logical and unified It is undeniable that conjunction is so complex a category that foreigners cannot help having trouble in use Also, for its complexity, the writer has no ambition to present all aspects of conjunctions The researcher merely focuses on contrastive analysis of the use of conjunctions in English and Vietnamese Newsletters Through the study, readers not only understand deeply about conjunctions in general but also, more importantly, Vietnamese learners have clearer knowledge about the similarities and differences in conjunction usages between English and Vietnamese in particular so that difficulties can be dealt with by some suggestions
Keywords Liên từ; Tiếng Anh; Kỹ năng viết
Content
The study consists of three main parts organized as follows:
Part 1 entitles “INTRODUCTION” outlining the background of the study in
which a brief account of relevant information such as rationale, aims, scope, methods, and designs of the study will be presented
Trang 2Part 2, the “DEVELOPMENT” is subdivided into two chapters Chapter 1 –
Theoretical background, as its name suggests, covers a series of concepts about
English and Vietnamese conjunctions and an overview of newsletters The writer also introduces some famous studies related to conjunctions as a source to develop this
thesis In Chapter 2, the researcher focuses on “Contrastive analysis of conjunctions
in English and Vietnamese Marketing Newsletters” The author analyzes and
contrasts how to use conjunctions in English and Vietnamese marketing newsletters based on the syntactic and semantic features to find out the similarities and differences
in the two languages
Part 3, the CONCLUSION, is the last part of the study which summarizes what
has been done, what has not been covered, accompanied by suggestions for further study Some possible implications for language teaching, learning and translation are given at the end of this part with a view to providing a new insight into a very important device of linking in English and Vietnamese
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