An investigation into semantic features of wishing verbs in English and Vietnamese

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  • Luu Quy Khuong, Ngo Thi Truc Mai

Keywords:

semantic features
mental process
volition
volitional verbs
wishing verbs
wishes

Abstract

The studies of the semantics of volitional verbs show that these verbs have their own characteristics with diversified structures and meaning nuances. Based on the descriptive and contrastive methods, this paper aims to provide a detailed description of semantic features of wishing verbs in English and Vietnamese. The English samples and Vietnamese ones of wishing verbs are collected from novels and short stories by English, American and Vietnamese writers for the analysis to find out their semantic features. Based on the theories of some researchers such as Lock [7], Halliday [4], Diệp Quang Ban and Hoàng Văn Thung [1], a contrastive analysis has been carried out to explore the similarities and differences between English volitional verbs of wishes and Vietnamese ones in terms of semantics. The paper also shows the distributions as well as the frequency of these verbs in both languages. The findings then serves as a foundation to put forward a number of implications for English language teaching and learning to help Vietnamese learners of English have effective communication.

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Dec 31, 2016
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Luu Quy Khuong, Ngo Thi Truc Mai. “An Investigation into Semantic Features of Wishing Verbs in English and Vietnamese”. The University of Danang - Journal of Science and Technology, vol. 12, no. 109, Dec. 2016, pp. 85-91, https://jst-ud.vn/jst-ud/article/view/2061.

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