A STUDY OF THE LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF ADJECTIVES DESCRIBING WOMEN’ S CHARACTERISTICS IN ENGLISH VERSUS VIETNAMESE

Abstract

This thesis has been done in an effort to investigate the linguistic features of adjectives describing women characteristics in English versus Vietnamese. The data for analysis guaranteeing the validity and reliability of the samples are mainly taken from bilingual novels, stories and websites. Through the applying a qualitative approach, the researcher analyses and describes various samples to find out the syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic features of adjectives describing women characteristics in English versus in Vietnamese. With the description, analysis and comparison between the devices in English and those in Vietnamese, the findings will serve as a foundation to put forward a number of implications for English language teaching, learning and especially in translating.