AN INVESTIGATION INTO SYNTACTIC AND SEMANTIC FEATURES OF ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE PROVERBS DENOTING EDUCATION

Abstract

It is obvious that proverbs make up a large part in almost every language. Proverbs denoting education is one of the most popular types of proverbs that people pay much attention to and use frequently. However, understanding the meaning of proverbs in general and proverbs denoting education in particular is not easy to the second language learners. An investigation into syntactic and semantic features of English and Vietnamese proverbs denoting education, therefore, is carried out to find out the similarities and differences between them in the terms of syntax and semantics. In this study, data is collected from books, dictionaries and websites on the Internet. The study also suggests some implications for teaching and learning English proverbs denoting education to Vietnamese learners.