... different are four English verbs Say, Tell, Speak and Talk in terms of syntactic and semantic features? What are Vietnamese equivalents of these English verbs Say, Tell, Speak and Talk where appropriate? ... of these English verbs. 2.4.1. Syntactic features of English verbs Say, Tell, Speak and Talk 26 According to Quirk et al (1972, 1985), the four English verbs say and tell, speak and talk are ... Tell 24 2.4.2.3. Meanings conveyed by Speak 25 2.4.2.4. Meanings conveyed by Talk 26 2.4.3. The English verbs Say, Tell, Speak and Talk and their Vietnamese Equivalents 28 2.4.3.1. Say...