tailieunhanh - Master thesis in the English language: An Investigation into the Use of Conceptual Metaphor in English and Vietnamese Idioms Denoting Human Feelings

Examine the description of semantic features of metaphor in English and Vietnamese idioms denoting human feelings; discover some similarities and differences in using idiomatic metaphor especially those used in English and Vietnamese idioms denoting human feelings. | -1- -2- MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING UNIVERSITY OF DANANG The study has been completed at the College of Foreign Languages, University of Danang NGUY N HOÀNG NAM Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Phan Văn Hòa AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE USE OF CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE IDIOMS Examiner 1: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Trương Viên Examiner 2: Dr. Tr n Quang H i DENOTING HUMAN FEELINGS Subject Area : The English Language Code : The thesis was orally defended at the Examining Committee Time: October 29th, 2012 Venue: University of Danang MASTER THESIS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE (A SUMMARY) The origin of the thesis is accessible for the purpose of reference at: - The College of Foreign Languages Library, University of Danang Da Nang, 2012 - Information Resources Centre, University of Danang -3CHAPTER 1 . Objectives of the study INTRODUCTION . RATIONALE English plays an important part not only in communication - to provide a collection of English and Vietnamese idioms denoting human feelings in terms of happiness, sadness, anger and fear. but also in many aspects of life and more and more people study it. - to analyze the use of conceptual metaphor in English and However how to study it well and how to master it is still an Vietnamese, focusing on metaphors in idioms denoting human enormous question for a lot of learners. feelings in terms of happiness, sadness, anger and fear. For learners of English, knowing and understanding idiomatic expressions is a major step to master this language. And we all know that such short expressions contain numerous linguistic features. One of those is metaphor especially conceptual metaphor. Study on conceptual metaphor and idioms provides a lot of - to suggest some ideas for teaching and learning. . RESEARCH QUESTIONS 1. What are the semantic features of English and Vietnamese idioms denoting human feelings in terms of happiness, sadness, anger and fear? helpful knowledge because a .