A Contrastive Analysis Of Proverbs And Idioms Relating To Animals In English And Vietnamese Equivalents = Phân tích đối chiếu các câu tục ngữ, thành ngữ liên quan đến các động vật trong tiếng Anh và cách biểu đạt tương đương trong tiếng Việt . M.A Thesis Linguistics: 60 22 15

Abstract

One of the most typical elements of the implication of culture in language is the use of proverbs and idioms. In communicative English, there is a huge number of idioms and proverbs, and they are used very often in everyday conversation. The use of proverbs and idioms causes many troubles for English learners because sometimes they are very confusing. Therefore, English teachers have to teach the students not only the knowledge about the language but also the knowledge about English culture so that the students can communicate well.Animals play a very important role in many cultures including English culture and Vietnamese culture. A large portion of proverbs and idioms in English as well as in Vietnamese contain the images of animals. There are some outstanding similarities and differences between them. Within understanding this, English teachers and English learners can deal with proverbs and idioms much more easily. However, there are so few works focusing on this issue. For this reason, this paper aims at categorizing the similarities and differences of proverbs and idioms relating to animals in English and Vietnamese as well as giving out some explanation. On this basis, it also offers some educational implications for English teachers and learners to make their teaching and learning more effective.