English verbs say tell speak talk and their vietnamese equivalents

Vietnam national university, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES NGUYỄN THI ̣ HẢI YẾN ENGLISH VERBS „SAY‟; „TELL‟; „SPEAK‟; „T

Vietnam national university, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES

NGUYỄN THI ̣ HẢI YẾN

ENGLISH VERBS „SAY‟; „TELL‟; „SPEAK‟;

„TALK‟ AND THEIR VIETNAMESE

EQUIVALENTS

ĐỘNG TỪ „SAY‟; „TELL‟; „SPEAK‟; „TALK‟ TRONG TIẾNG ANH VÀ

NHỮNG TƯƠNG ĐƯƠNG TRONG TIẾNG VIỆT

M.A MINOR THESIS

Major: English Linguistics Code: 60 22 15

HANOI, 2010

Vietnam national university, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

FACULTY OF POST- GRADUATE STUDIES

NGUYỄN THI ̣ HẢI YẾN

ENGLISH VERBS „SAY‟; „TELL‟; „SPEAK‟;

„TALK‟ AND THEIR VIETNAMESE

EQUIVALENTS

ĐỘNG TỪ „SAY‟; „TELL‟; „SPEAK‟; „TALK‟ TRONG TIẾNG ANH VÀ

NHỮNG TƯƠNG ĐƯƠNG TRONG TIẾNG VIỆT

M.A MINOR THESIS

Major: English Linguistics Code: 60 22 15

Supervisor: Dr HÀ CẨM TÂM

HANOI, 11/2010

TABLE OF CONTENTS

2 Aims and Objectives of the study 1

Chapter 1: Theoretical Background 4

2.4 Data Analysis and Discussions 17 2.4.1 Syntactic features of the verbs under study 17

2.4.2 Semantic features of the verbs under study 22

2.4.2.1 Meanings conveyed by Say 23

2.4.2.4 Meanings conveyed by Talk 26

2.4.3 The English verbs Say, Tell, Speak and Talk

3.2 Pedagogical Implications 40

3.3 Limitations and Suggestions for further Research 40