... syntax and semantics English and Vietnamese idioms denoting family This study made Firstly, syntactic features of English and Vietnamese idioms use of contrastive analysis in qualitative and quantitative ... idioms denoting family? What are the semantic features of English and Vietnamese idioms denoting family? What are the similarities and differences in syntactic and semantic characteristics of idioms ... work with approximately 462 idioms denoting family in English and 13 14 - analyzing English and Vietnamese idioms denoting family in Table 4.1 Noun Phrase structures of English and Vietnamese FIs...