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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT For the completion of this work, I have been fortune to get invaluable contributions from many people First of all, I would like to express my deepest thanks to the head of the Foreign Language Department, Vinh University for the awarding me an opportunity to this thesis I owe a special debt of gratitude to M.A Vo Thi Hong Minh, my supervisor, who helped initiate the idea for the thesis, gave me a great support and academic guidance during the preparation and the writing of this work as well as lent me a lots of reference books as well as without her help I could not have finished the study I am also grateful to some lecturers in F.L.D for giving me useful help and encouragement My warmest thanks are due to my loved parents, my relatives, my close friends for their unconditional love, support, encouragement, knowledge and the help My great thanks also are given to the writers of a great of references that are used to consult Finally, I got all the advice and assistance; however I fell that the thesis is far from perfect Thus I am in hope that I will receive since comment from you for the study to be more perfect i ABSTRACT In English as well as Vietnamese, words and phrases denoting existence and non-existence are very important in communication and written works Thus the author chose the topic for the graduation thesis and in this study; we discuss some theoretical background about definition, types, of contrastive analysis, word, phrase, sense relation and antonym In addition, the author also introduces some pairs of antonym expressing existence and non-existence in English and in Vietnamese about parts of speech, some ways of using them as well as some idioms consisting words denoting existence and non-existence in both of languages What’s more, we make comparisons between antonym pairs denoting existence and non-existence and suggestions for translating, teaching and learning ii TABLES OF CONTENTS Page ACKNOWLEDGEMENT i ABSTRACT ii TABLE OF CONTENT iii PART A: INTRODUCTION Justification of the study Aims and objectives of the study Methods of the study Scope of the study Format of the study PART B: INVESTIGATION CHAPTER 1: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 1.1 What is C.A? 1.1.1 Definition 1.2.2 Types of C.A 1.2 The word 1.2.1 Definition 1.2.2 Lexical meanings of the word 1.2.3 The components of lexical meaning 1.3 The phrase 1.3.1 Definition 1.3.2 Types of the phrases 1.4 Sense Relations iii 1.4.1 Definition 1.4.2 Dimensions and sense relation 1.4.2.1 Substitutional sense relation 1.4.2.2 Combinational sense relation 1.4.3 Other dimensions 1.4.3.1 Hyponymy 1.4.3.2 Part- whole relation 1.4.3.3 Semantics fields 1.5 Antonyms 1.5.1 Definition 1.5.2 Classification of antonyms 10 1.5.2.1 Classification of antonyms in English 11 1.5.2.1.1 Gradable antonyms 11 1.5.2.1.2 Complimentary antonyms 11 1.5.2.1.3 Conversive antonyms 12 1.5.2.1.4 Directional antonyms 13 1.5.2.2 Classification of antonyms in Vietnamese 15 1.5.2.2.1 Lexical antonyms 15 1.5.2.2.2 Contextual antonyms 16 1.5.3 The source of antonyms 17 1.5.3.1 The source of English antonym 17 1.5.3.2 The source of Vietnamese antonym 18 CHAPTER 2: ANTONYM PAIRS DENOTING EXISTENCE AND NONEXISTENCE IN ENGLISH AND IN VIETNAMESE 2.1 Antonymous words pairs denoting the existence and its opposite sense in English and in Vietnamese 2.1.1 Verbs 19 2.1.2 Nouns 21 2.1.3 Adjectives 23 iv 2.2 Some ways of using antonym pairs denoting existence and its opposite sense in English 2.2.1 In the neutral way 26 2.2.2 In the way with respect, love 28 2.2.3 In the way with dislike, humor 31 2.3 Some idioms consisting words denoting the existence and its opposite sense in English and in Vietnamese 2.3.1 English idioms 33 2.3.2 Vietnamese idioms 35 CHAPTER 3: CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN ANTONYM PAIR DENOTING THE EXISTENCE AND NON-EXISTENCE IN ENGLISH AND IN VIETNAMESE 3.1 Similarities 37 3.2 Differences 38 3.3 Some suggestions for translating, teaching and learning 39 PART C: CONCLUSION Recapitulation 42 Suggestions for further studies 42 REFERENCES 43 v