MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HANOI OPEN UNIVERSITY M. THESIS EXCLAMATION EXPRESSIONS IN THE NOVEL “IF TOMORROW COMES” BY SIDNEY SHELDON AND ITS VIETNAMESE TRANSLATION EQUIVALENTS (CÁCH BIỂU HIỆN CẢM THÁN TRONG TIỂU THUYẾT “NẾU CÒN CÓ NGÀY MAI” CỦA NHÀ VĂN SIDNEY SHELDON VÀ BẢN DỊCH TIẾNG VIỆT) PHẠM THỊ HÀ Hanoi, 2023 1 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HANOI OPEN UNIVERSITY M. THESIS EXCLAMATION EXPRESSIONS IN THE NOVEL “ IF TOMORROW COMES ” BY SIDNEY SHELDON AND ITS VIETNAMESE TRANSLATION EQUIVALENTS (CÁCH BIỂU HIỆN CẢM THÁN TRONG TIỂU THUYẾT “NẾU CÒN CÓ NGÀY MAI” CỦA NHÀ VĂN SIDNEY SHELDON VÀ BẢN DỊCH TIẾNG VIỆT) PHẠM THỊ HÀ Field: English Language Code: 8220201 Supervisor: Assoc. Hoàng Tuyết Minh Hanoi, 2023 2 STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP I the undersigned, hereby certify my authority of the study project report entitled EXCLAMATION EXPRESSIONS IN THE NOVEL “ IF TOMORROW COMES ” BY SIDNEY SHELDON AND ITS VIETNAMESE TRANSLATION EQUIVALENTS”.
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master in English Language. Except where the reference is indicated, no other person’s work has been used without due acknowledgement in the text of the thesis. Hanoi, 2023 Phạm Thị Hà Approved by SUPERVISOR: Assoc. Hoàng Tuyết Minh 3 Date:…………………… ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This thesis could not have been completed without the help and support from a number of people.
First and foremost, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Assoc. Hoang Tuyet Minh, my supervisor, who has patiently and constantly supported me through the stages of the study, and whose stimulating ideas, expertise, and suggestions have inspired me greatly through my growth as an academic researcher. A special thanks goes to the teachers, friends at Faculty of Post Graduate, Hanoi Open University, without whose support and encouragement it would never have been possible for me to have this thesis accomplished. Last but not least, I am greatly indebted to my family and my friends for the sacrifice they have devoted to the fulfillment of this academic work.
4 ABSTRACT This study investigates the syntactic features and expression exclamations in English and its Vietnamese equicalent in the novel “If tomorrow comes”. It is conducted with the hope of finding out the similarities and differences between how exclamations are formed in both languages and suggesting practical applications to the learning and teaching of English as a foreign language in Vietnam. The methods used in this study are descriptive and comparative methods. Data used for analysis in this study were mainly collected from the novel “If tomorrow comes” by Shidney Seldom.
248 data are collected. The result of the study illustrates the fact that exclamations in the novel “ If tomorrow comes” and its Vietnamese equivalent are quite similar in syntactic and semantic features.The implications of the study are to help the learners of English learn English exclamations effectively. 5 LIST OF TABLES Chapter 2 Table 1: Common English interjections and their communicative functions Chapter 3 Table 1: Exclamation formed with How and what Table 2: Phrase, Clause và Sentence exclamations Table3: Interjections Table 4: Exclamation formed with How and what Table 5: Exclamations using phrases, clauses and sentences Table 6: Exclamations using Interjections Table 7: English expressions of English exclamations 6 TABLE OF CONTENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5 LIST OF TABLES ………………………………………………………………….2 Aims and objectives of the research .4 Scope of the research .5 Methods of the study ……………………………………………….6 Significance of the research .7 Design of the study .11 CHAPTER II: LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Previous studies overseas…………………………………………….2 An overview of sentences………………………………………………………14 2.2 Forms of exclamations in English ……………………………………….3 Exclamations in English and in Vietnamese .1 An overview of exclamations in English .2 An overview of exclamations in Vietnamese.
Features of Vietnamese exclamations…………………………………………. 43 CHAPTER 3 FEATURES OF ENGLISH EXCLAMATIONS WITH ITS VIETNAMESE EQUIVALENTS 3.1 Syntactic features of English exclamations and its Vietnamese translation versions in the novel “if tomorrow comes”……………………………………….1 Syntactic features of exclamations in English ……………………………….1 Exclamation formed with How and what…………………….2 Phrase, Clause và Sentence exclamations…………………………….2 Syntactic features of exclamations in English and its Vietnamese equivalents……………………………………………………….2 Expressions of English exclamations and its Vietnamese equivalents……….1 English expressions of English exclamations……………………………….2 Expressions of English and their Vietnamese equivalents………………….2 Implications for teaching and learning……………………………………….3 Limitations of study .4 Suggestions for further study .60 8 CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION This thesis reports the result of investigating into the the syntactic and expressional features of English and Vietnamese exclamations as well as discussing the similarities and differences between them in the novel “If tomorrow comes”. Moreover, the students‟ attitudes towards the learning of English exclamations with reference to Vietnamese as well as how to enhance the effectiveness in teaching, learning as well as translating English and Vietnamese exclamations is also paid attention to. This introductory chapter provides a detailed description of the problem the thesis attempts to solve, states the aims of the study and presents an overview of the thesis.1 Rationale English is regarded as the most common language for information and idea interchange between many nations and cultures, along with the growth of human language.
To fulfill the demand for global economic integration and cultural exchange with other nations, the necessity to learn English is becoming more and more pressing. Undoubtedly, both Vietnamese and foreigners want to learn English as a natural language; nonetheless, they frequently encounter several obstacles that prohibit them from engaging in fruitful talks. Exclamations are used and understood differently by different people, which is one of the causes of these issues. In our culture, exclamation points are unavoidably common.
And we know that both English and Vietnamese people have thoughts and emotion in common. They also have different tone of emotion such as anger, joy, happiness, sadness, surprise, fear, despair, disgust, etc. However, the ways of expressing it out are different. One can use gestures to show their attitude or feeling because gestures are specific body movements that carry meaning.
While the others express their emotions and attitude through facial expressions. For instance: our eyes soften or look thoughtful to show our interest or the pupil can become small because we are angry or it can become large if we are excited. It is said that the eyes are the window of the soul. Through the eyes we can feel the emotion, states of another people.
But the most basic and important means is language. It is easy to recognize the other’s feelings or attitude through their utterances. People use language to express their shock, surprise, fear, anger, admiration. These utterances are called exclamations.
Exclamation is one of the 9 sentence types and it attracts much attention from researchers in English as well as in Vietnamese. In English, there are many authors studying sentences including exclamations such as Quirk, R. et al (1972 & 1985), Bolinger, D. Moving on Vietnamese linguistists, we cannot but mention Nguyễn Kim Thản (1963), Nguyễn Thiện Giáp (1997 & 2008), Cao Xuân Hạo (1998), Diệp Quang Ban (2004) & (2008), Nguyễn Thị Lương (2005), etc.
All of these books could be used as the valuable references of this thesis. However, there has been so far no research into exclamations in terms of syntax in details in both languages. Moreover, practically, learners often make confusion in using exclamations both in English and Vietnamese. Because they have syntactic forms that look like statements or question but their usages are quite different.
So we decided to choose the topic “Exclamation expressions in the novel If tomorrow comes by Sydney Sheldom and its Vietnamese translation equivalents ” to find out the similarities and differences of exclamations in terms of syntax and meanings between two languages.2 Aims and objectives of the research The aim of the study is to point out the similarities and differences of exclamations in English and their Vietnamese translation versions in the novel “ If tomorrow comes” in terms of their syntatic features and their expressions to help the learners of English master this kind of sentence effectively in the process of learning English. There are two objectives for this study: - To describe the syntactic features and expressions of English exclamations in the novel "If tomorrow comes" and their Vietnamese translation versions. -To compare exclamations in English and their Vietnamese translation versions in the novel “If tomorrow comes” in terms of their syntatic features and their expressions. What are exclamations in English and their Vietnamese translation versions in terms of syntactic and semantic features? 10 2.What are the similarities and differences between exclamations in the novel “If tomorrow comes” and their Vietnamese translation versions in term of syntactic features and their expressions? 1.4 Scope of the research The exclamations are collected from the novel "If tomorrow comes,"by Sidney Sheldon.
The number of data are 248 exclamations in English and Vietnamese translation version. The exclamations in English and their Vietnamese translation versions are compared and contrasted in term of syntactic and semantic features. Methods of the study Two main methods are used in their study. Firstly, descriptive method is used to describe syntactic features.
Secondly, comparative method is used to point out the similarities and differences between English exclamations and their Vietnamese equivalent in the novel “If tomorrow comes”. In addition, the collective and analysis and methods are also used in this study The data collection is the most important step in any research. This procedure consists of three main stages. Firstly, a large number of exclamations in English and Vietnamese were collected in the novel in order to make the corpus of this thesis.
Secondly, the collection of grammatical books and related literature were done to hold up the Chapter II. Books on grammar, syntax, semantics, and stylistic means are used for the need to set the theoretical basic for this thesis to be carried out. In this study, from 248 exclamations taken from the novel If tomorrow comes, we chose the most interesting and noticeable ones which can clearly illustrate a number of syntactic and semantic points under our investigation. They are analyzed in terms of syntax, semantics of English and Vietnamese exclamations in the novel and then compared and contrasted in order to find out the similarities and differences between them, which helps the researcher suggest some implications to learning and teaching English exclamation.
Significance of the research Theoretically, the thesis will contribute the theoretical background of studying English exclamations. Practically, this study could help learners have a deeper 11 understanding about syntactic and semantic features of exclamations in English and Vietnamese. It helps improve the methods of teaching and learning English exclamations in terms of exclamation syntax and meanings.7 Design of the study This thesis will be provided in four chapters, beginning with an introduction in which we explain the background of the study, its aims, methods, and conclusions. The second chapter, titled Literature Review, covers the theoretical foundation used as tools for carrying out the entire research as well as a critical analysis of the prior studies that have been related to the thesis.
The third method shows the syntax and expressions of exclamations in the novel and point out their similarities and differences. The review of results and recommendations, which logically led to conclusions, are all included in the fourth chapter. References come at the end of the study. 12 CHAPTER II: LITERATURE REVIEW This chapter of the study explores the key theoretical concerns surrounding exclamations in general and English exclamations in relation to Vietnamese in the book in particular.
The debate tries to provide theoretical groundwork on which to base Vietnamese references to English exclamation in speech or writing. The following topics are the main emphasis of this chapter: Review of prior studies, theoretical foundation, and theoretical framework are the first three components. In order to accomplish the aims, the author focuses on the history of word classes, sentences in general, and exclamation in particular. There will be a quick overview of the latter as well.1 Previous Studies Overseas Exclamations are a phrase that gets linguistics' attention a lot.