... common and worth-studying phenomena of pragmatics, sarcasm, for without sarcasm then, as one might say, there is no art II Scope of research The study aims mainly at the major knowledge of sarcasm ... SARCASM (NGHIÊN CỨU GIAO THOA VĂN H A VIỆT -ANH VỀ CÁCH DIỄN ĐẠT LỜI NÓI CHÂM BIẾM) M .A Minor Thesis Field: English Linguistics Code: 602215 Supervisor: Assoc Dr Dương Thị Nụ Hanoi, 2011 iv TABLE ... VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES NGUYỄN THÙY LINH A VIETNAMESE – ENGLISH CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY OF EXPRESSING SARCASM...