A contrastive analysis of nominal substitution in english and vietnamese conversation

... similarities and differences of Ns in English and Vietnamese conversation may be significant and important to teaching and learning English language It can be said that in English teaching and learning,... –examine the English and Vietnamese nominal structure 2.1 General Features of English and Vietnamese Nominal Structure Since nominal substitution takes places mainly in the environment of a nominal. .. language and social action, which is reflected in speech act theory and the formulation of conversational maxims and the appearance of pragmatics It was in 1973 that discourse analysis was dealt