A study on syntactic, semantic and pragmatic features of hyperbolic expressions in CEO news items in English versus Vietnamese
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hyperbolic expressions (HEs)
CEO news
syntactic
semantic
pragmatic features
Abstract
The article examines the syntactic, semantic and pragmatic features of hyperbolic expressions (HEs)in Chief Executive Officials (CEO) news items in English and Vietnamese. Its design is a combination of both qualitative and quantitative research methods using the theory of hyperbole by Galperin (1981) and Đinh Trọng Lạc (1994) based on which HEs are extracted from various sources of daily up-dated CEO news on internet. The findings of the study show that HEs of English and Vietnamese CEO news have some differences and similarities in terms of semantics, syntax and pragmatics. The findings are expected to contribute a beter insight into the explanation of the characteristics of HEs in English and Vietnamese language teaching, communication and Translation.
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Dec 31, 2017
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Dinh Thi Minh Hien, Chu Thi Mui. “A Study on Syntactic, Semantic and Pragmatic Features of Hyperbolic Expressions in CEO News Items in English Versus Vietnamese”. The University of Danang - Journal of Science and Technology, vol. 12, no. 121, Dec. 2017, pp. 43-47, https://jst-ud.vn/jst-ud/article/view/310.
