Conjunctions in some English and Vietnamese newletters a contrastive analysis

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

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.
Part 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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