VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HA NOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST GRADUATE STUDIES *** PHẠM THỊ TỐ LOAN A CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS ON LEXICAL COHESIVE DEVICES USED IN B[.]
VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HA NOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST - GRADUATE STUDIES -*** - PHẠM THỊ TỐ LOAN A CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS ON LEXICAL COHESIVE DEVICES USED IN BUSINESS NEWS ON ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE ONLINE NEWSPAPERS (PHÂN TÍCH ĐỐI CHIẾU CÁC PHƯƠNG TIỆN LIÊN KẾT TỪ VỰNG TRONG TIN TỨC KINH TẾ TRÊN CÁC BÁO ĐIỆN TỬ TIẾNG ANH VÀ TIẾNG VIỆT) M.A MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Linguistics Code: 60.22.02.01 HA NOI, 2014 z VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HA NOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST - GRADUATE STUDIES -*** - PHẠM THỊ TỐ LOAN A CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS ON LEXICAL COHESIVE DEVICES USED IN BUSINESS NEWS ON ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE ONLINE NEWSPAPERS (PHÂN TÍCH ĐỐI CHIẾU CÁC PHƯƠNG TIỆN LIÊN KẾT TỪ VỰNG TRONG TIN TỨC KINH TẾ TRÊN CÁC BÁO ĐIỆN TỬ TIẾNG ANH VÀ TIẾNG VIỆT) M.A MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Linguistics Code: 60.22.02.01 Supervisor: Dr Ngô Tự Lập HA NOI, 2014 z CERTIFICATION OF ORIGINALITY I hereby certify that the thesis entitled “A Contrastive Analysis on Lexical Cohesive Devices Used in Business News on English and Vietnamese Online Newspapers” is my own study in the fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of Master of Arts at Faculty of Post-Graduate Studies, University of Languages and International Studies, Vietnam National University, Hanoi Hanoi, 2014 Phạm Thị Tố Loan i z ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my supervisor, Dr Ngô Tự Lập for his profound knowledge, constant encouragement and invaluable advice without which the study would not have been possible My heartfelt thanks also go to my colleagues at Vietnam University of Commerce for their substantial help and unconditional support I especially owe a debt of gratitude to my adorable son, my caring husband, and my thoughtful parents who give me ample inspiration, strength and willpower in the completion of my thesis Lastly, my gratefulness is also extended to linguists in reference section whose ideas and viewpoints significantly enlighten me and lead me to the right track ii z ABSTRACTS The purpose of this study is to work towards the similarities and differences between lexical cohesive devices used in business news on English and Vietnamese online newspapers With this aim, 30 news items are taken from prestigious websites, such as BBC, CNN, Vneconomy, Cafef for calculating, synthesizing and analyzing the use of lexical cohesive devices in both languages The result shows that the repetition proves to be the most effective and predominant device in both English and Vietnamese news It is also revealed that the Adjective+Noun collocation in English news appears to exert its dominance over Vietnamese one However, Vietnamese news has the tendency to use the largest portion of Noun+Noun pattern among all types of collocation The results will facilitate English majors to write cohesive essays and produce accurate translation between English and Vietnamese news Additionally, the study also put forth some suggestions for further research in the future It is hoped that the findings and implications for learning and teaching English in this thesis will ensure a surefire success for English majors in the pursuit of advanced English iii z TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgment ………………………………………………………………… ii Abstract……………………………………………………………………… ….iii Tables of contents ………………………………………………………….…… iv List of Abbreviations ………………………………………………….……… vi List of tables …………………………… …………………………………… vii List of figures…………………………………………………… …………… viii PART A: INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………1 Rationale …………………………………………………………………… …1 Aims of the study……………………………………………………………… Research questions of the study………………………………………….……….2 Scope of the study ……………………………………………………… ………3 Methods of the study …………………………………………………….…….…3 Design of the study …………………………………………………………… PART B: DEVELOPMENT ………………………………………… ……… …5 CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW…………………………………………5 1.1 Cohesion……………………………………………………………………… 1.1.1 The concept of cohesion…………………………………………… … 1.1.2 Cohesion vs Coherence………………………………………………….6 1.1.3 Types of cohesion……………………………………………………….6 1.1.4 Lexical cohesion……………………………………………………… 1.1.4.1 Reiteration…………………………………………………………… 1.1.4.2 Collocation……………………………………………………… ….11 1.2 Online newspapers……………………………………………………… … 12 1.2.1.Definition of online newspaper…………………………………………12 1.2.2 Features of online newspapers…………………………………………13 1.3 News ………………………………………………………………………… 14 1.3.1 Definition………………………………………………………………14 1.3.2 Characteristics of news……………………………………………… 15 1.3.3 Business news………………………………………………………….15 1.4 Related studies…………………………………………………………….….16 CHAPTER 2: RESEARCH METHOD…………………………………… ….18 iv z 2.1 The subjects of the study………………………………………… …….18 2.2 Methodology………………………………………………… …… ….22 CHAPTER 3: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION ………………… …… ……23 3.1 Frequency of using lexical cohesive devices in English and Vietnamese online newspapers ……………………………………………………… ….22 3.1.1 Reiteration………….…………………………………………… ….23 3.1.2 Collocation…………………………………………………… …….25 3.2 Similarities and differences in the use of lexical cohesive devices in business news on English and Vietnamese online newspapers.……… ……28 3.2.1 Similarities……………………………………………… ……… ….28 3.2.2 Differences…………………………………………… ……… …….32 PART C: CONCLUSION……………………………………………….… …….35 Recapitulation ………………………………………… ……… …… ……35 Implications…………………………………………………………………….37 Limitations of the study…………………………….………………………….38 Suggestions for further research…………………………………… ……….39 REFERENCES …………………………………………………… …………….40 APPENDICES v z LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS BNE: Business news in English BNVN: Business news in Vietnamese V+N: Verb+Noun Adj+N: Adjective+Noun N+V: Noun+Verb N+N: Noun+Noun Adj+N: Adjective+Noun Adv+Adj: Adverb+Adjective V+Adv: Verb+Adverb vi z LIST OF TABLES Table 1.1: Type of Cohesion……………………………………………… Table 1.2: Grammatical and Lexical Cohesion…………………………… Table 2.1: List of business news on English online newspapers………… 19 Table 2.2: List of business news on Vienamese online newspapers……… 21 Table 3.1: The frequency of reiteration in business news on Vietnamese 23 online newspapers………………………………………………………… Table 3.2: The frequency of reiteration in business news on English online 24 newspapers………………………………………………………………… Table 3.3: The frequency of reiteration in business news on English and 24 Vietnamese online newspaper……………………………………………… Table 3.4: The frequency of collocation in business news on English 26 online newspapers………………………………………………………… Table 3.5: The frequency of collocation in business news on English 27 online newspapers………………………………………………………… Table 3.6: The frequency of collocation in business news on English and Vietnamese online newspapers…………………………………………… vii z 27 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1.1: Logos of some prestigious English online newspapers 12 Figure 1.2: Logos of some famous Vietnamese online newspapers 13 viii z ... main methods are qualitative and quantitative The data is taken from 30 business articles on both English and Vietnamese online newspapers (15 z articles on English online newspapers and 15 articles... contrastive analysis of lexical cohesive devices used in business news on English and Vietnamese online newspapers? ?? was conducted to achieve this aim The findings of the study will hopefully lay a. .. of business news on English online newspapers? ??……… 19 Table 2.2: List of business news on Vienamese online newspapers? ??…… 21 Table 3.1: The frequency of reiteration in business news on Vietnamese