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MASARYK UNIVERSITY BRNO
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
Department of English Language and Literature
Comparative Analysis of English and French Body Idioms
Diploma Thesis
Brno 2013
Author: Bc. Martina Němcová ... wilderness
N + and + N part and parcel
Table 2. Structures of non-verbal idioms
Adjectival idioms, on the other hand, can be structured as:
Structur...
... original p, i, e, our current contract is too rigid and inflexible
1.4.7 Set phrases and idioms.
Phrases and idioms that are found in speech, are often used in informal letters.
Whereas, idiomatic ... verbal and
clausal ellipsis are dominant.
*Nominal ellipsis:
-…My wife misses you both very much and (she) often speaks of you…
-…My sister is 18 year old and (she) wants to...
... common features of proverbs 13
4. The distinction between idioms and proverbs 13
4.1. English idioms and proverbs 13
4.2. Vietnamese idioms and proverbs 14
Chapter 2: Some idioms and proverbs ... repetition of
key words or phrases, and strong imagery.
4. The distinction between idioms and proverbs
4.1 English idioms and proverbs
If you say: "The...
... advertising of beauty care
products.
1.2. Aims and Objectives of the Study
1.2.1. Aims of the Study
The aim of the research is to carry out a discourse analysis of
English and Vietnamese ... beauty of language, strategies
and techniques through the use of layout, syntax, lexis and devices that
are expected to be beneficial.
For the above reasons, “A Discourse...
... contrastive analysis of grammatical
and semantic features of words and idioms related to hearing in
English and Vietnamese. For this reason, a contrastive analysis of
grammatical and semantic ... meaning and usage of WIRHs in English and Vietnamese.
1.3.2. Objectives
- to analyze grammatical features of WIRHs in English and
Vietnamese
- to describe sem...
... discuss the English and Vietnamese proverbs referring to the
parts of the human body and a contrastive analysis on English and Vietnamese
proverbs referring to parts of the human body.
During ... 2. List of English and Vietnamese proverbs referring to parts of the human body
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Chapter 3. A contrastive analysis on English and Vietnamese proverbs referri...
... cross-cultural
analysis of the textbook and is not aimed at evaluating it as the analysis of Grade 10
textbook alone does not provide a panorama of the whole set of Grade 10, Grade 11 and
Grade 12 English ... by Cortazzi and Jin (1999: 204).
Table One. Distribution of frequency and percentage of types of references to Vietnamese
and foreign cultures according t...
... Evaluation of rules defining collective and
individual behavior of actors and their interactions is a part of this exercise. Human
security of local communities and social rehabilitation of affected ... resources”(ISDR 2004). In many
parts of Asia a declaration of state of emergency signifies a state’s recognition of a
disastrous event and
often is based on
los...
... description of samples, data analysis and research procedures.
Chapter 4: Findings and Discussion
It is concerned with the discourse features of American English and
Vietnamese opening and closing ...
American English and Vietnamese in terms of their discourse features?
Closing speeches:
- What are the discourse features of MC closing speeches in American
Englis...
...
2.2.3. Idioms and Other Language Units
2.2.3.1. Idioms and Words
2.2.3.2. Idioms and Phrases
2.2.3.3. Idioms and Collocations
2.2.3.4. Idioms and Proverbs
2.2.4. The Meaning of Idioms and the ... number of Vietnamese and English idioms can
be found in many books, dictionaries of other authors and there have
been quite a lot of MA and BA theses...