A discourse analysis of vietnamese and english business contracts in binh duong province

PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE OF BINH DUONG PROVINCE THU DAU MOT UNIVERSITY ĐINH THỊ MINH A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF VIETNAMESE AND ENGLISH BUSINESS CONTRACTS IN BINH DUONG PROVINCE MASTER THESIS MAJOR: ENGLISH LANGUAGE CODE: 8220201 BINH DUONG, 2019 0 PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE OF BINH DUONG PROVINCE THU DAU MOT UNIVERSITY ĐINH THỊ MINH A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF VIETNAMESE AND ENGLISH BUSINESS CONTRACTS IN BINH DUONG PROVINCE MASTER THESIS MAJOR: ENGLISH LANGUAGE CODE: 8220201 SUPERVISOR PHAM VU PHI HO, ASSOC PROF PH.D BINH DUONG, 2019 0 STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP Except where reference is made in the text of the research paper, this paper contains no material publish elsewhere or extracted in the whole, or in part from a paper by which I have qualified for or been awarded another degree or diploma No other person’s work has been used without due acknowledgement in the paper This paper has not been submitted for the award of any degree or diploma in any other tertiary institution Binh Duong, 2019 ĐINH THỊ MINH i 0 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I want to thank everyone who helped and supported me leading this thesis This thesis was completed due to the intellectual, emotional, and material support that I have received from my instructor, friends, and family whom I would like to thank here First, I would like to acknowledge my indebtedness to my supervisor Pham Vu Phi Ho Assoc Prof Ph.D or his invaluable suggestions, corrections and advice that helped me to fulfill this study I am also grateful to all the other teachers at the Department of Foreign Languages for all their enthusiasm and suggestions which helped me overcome difficulties in the process of my study As always, I wish to express my special thanks to my parents for giving me encouragement and creating favorable conditions in making my study possible Finally, I want to thank all of my friends for their assistance in providing me necessary materials for the study ii 0 ABSTRACT This thesis has been done in an effort to investigate the standards frequently used by foreigners and Vietnamese people in the course of drafting business contract With the examples of collected Vietnamese and English, researcher is able to explore some linguistics features and the similarities as well as differences of Business contract in term of overall structures, lexical choices and format In some cases, they have slight differences in layout, lexical and format The thesis aims at finding out general format how to draft a Vietnamese and English Business Contract In addition, the result shows the usage of proper words and structures in the legal document as Business Contract The finding is hoped to help entrepreneurs and office staff understand well characteristics of Vietnamese and English Business Contract as well as study to draft a legal contract properly Moreover, the research result aims of using in accounting, business administration or other economic sectors at Universities and Colleges so that the schools or institutes have a rich source of materials as well as references for drafting business contract Then, learners will have a better insight into the features of the contract in Vietnamese and English as well as how to draft the contract legally iii 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER INTRODUCTION 1.1 Rationale…………………………………………………………… ………………1 1.2 Background statement…………………………………………………………… …3 1.3 Purpose of the study………………………………………………………………… 1.4 Research questions………………………………………………………………… 1.5 Significance of the study………………………………………………………… .5 1.6 Limitation of the study……………………………………………………………… 1.7 Definitions of key terms………………………………………………………… 1.8 Organization of the study…………………………………………………………… CHAPTER LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 THEORETICAL BACKGROUND AND LITERATURE REVIEWS………………8 2.1.1 Definitions of Discourse Analysis…………………………………………… 2.1.2 Definition of Business Contract……………………………………………… 10 2.2 CHARACTERISTICS OF BUSINESS CONTRACT…………… …………… 11 2.2.1 Particular characteristics of Business Contract…………………………………11 2.2.2 Characteristics of Vietnamese Business Contract……… …………………… 11 2.2.3 Characteristics of English Business Contract……… ………………………….12 2.2.4 Similarities………………………………………………………………………13 2.2.5 Differences…………………………………………………………………… 14 2.2.6 Technical terms ……………………………………………………………… 15 2.2.7 Review of previous research studies ………………………………………… 18 CHAPTER METHODOLOGY 3.1 Research design and data gathering instruments………………………………… 21 3.2 Sampling and data collection procedures……………………………………… 22 3.3 Ethical considerations………………………………………………………………23 3.4 Data analysis……………………………………………………………………… 24 3.4.1 Analytical approaches………………………………………………………….24 3.4.2 Analytical procedures………………………………………………………… 26 iv 0 3.5 Pilot of the study 26 CHAPTER FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 4.1 Findings of the study 30 4.1.1 Vietnamese Business Contract .30 4.1.2 English Business Contract 45 4.1.3 Vietnamese and English Business Contract 56 4.1.4 Discussion .57 CHAPTER CONCLUSION, IMPLICATIONS, LIMITATIONS AND RECOMMENDATION 5.1 Conclusion 69 5.2 Implications 69 5.3 Limitations 70 5.4 Recommendations for further study 71 REFERENCES………………………………………………………… ………… … 72 APPENDICES………………………………………………………… …………… 100 v 0 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS BC: Business Contract VBC: Vietnamese Business Contract EBC: English Business Contract vi 0 LIST OF APPENDICES Appendix A - Interview Appendix B – 20 samples of Vietnamese Business Contract Appendix C – 20 samples of English Business Contract vii 0 i 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... the discourses of various domains, and an advantage of teaching and studying discourse is that a wealth of relevant data is available for analysis: a conversation or a letter; a speech, a memo... COMMITTEE OF BINH DUONG PROVINCE THU DAU MOT UNIVERSITY ĐINH THỊ MINH A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF VIETNAMESE AND ENGLISH BUSINESS CONTRACTS IN BINH DUONG PROVINCE MASTER THESIS MAJOR: ENGLISH LANGUAGE... between English and Vietnamese BCs The research entitled