AN INVESTIGATION INTO SEMANTIC FEATURE OF HYPERBOLE USED IN FOOTBALL COMMENTARIES IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE NEWSPAPERS Author Luu Quy Khuong, Cao Nguyen Minh Thong University of Foreign Language Studi[.]
AN INVESTIGATION INTO SEMANTIC FEATURE OF HYPERBOLE USED IN FOOTBALL COMMENTARIES IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE NEWSPAPERS Author: Luu Quy Khuong, Cao Nguyen Minh Thong University of Foreign Language Studies, The University of Da Nang; lqkhuong@cfl.udn.vn Huynh Thuc Khang Highschool, Khanh Hoa; thongcaonguyen214@gmail.com Abstract: This paper investigates the semantic features of hyperbole used in football commentaries in English and Vietnamese newspapers to find out the similarities and differences between them To conduct the study, both the descriptive and contrastive methods are used The data consists of 600 hyberboles in English and Vietnamese (300 for each) online newspapers The results shows that most of hyperboles used in the two languages are the same in some typical topics Along with the similarities, there are some differences resulted from cultural differences as well For example, the same image can be employed to show quite opposite meanings in the two online newspapers In general, the paper is expected to help Vietnamese learners of English achieve comprehensive understanding of hyperboles in football commentaries in English and Vietnamese newspapers Also, those who are interested in writing this genre can find the paper a good source of reference Key words: Hyperbole; Semantic; Stylistics; Football commentary; Newspaper