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VIET NAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY-HA NOI
UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGE & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
FACULTY OF POST – GRADUATE STUDIES
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BÙI THỊ LAN QUỲNH

AN INVESTIGATION INTO POSSIBLE MEANINGS OF
THE ENGLISH VERB ‘COME’ AND VIETNAMESE
VERB ‘VỀ’ FROM COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE
THROUGH SOME LITERARY WORKS

(NGHIÊN CỨU NHỮNG NÉT NGHĨA CỦA ĐỘNG TỪ ‘COME’ TRONG
TIẾNG ANH VỚI ‘VỀ’ TRONG TIẾNG VIỆT TỪ GÓC ĐỘ TRI NHẬN
QUA MỘT VÀI TÁC PHẨM VĂN HỌC)

M.A. MINOR THESIS

Field: English Linguistics
Code: 602215

HANOI - 2010
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VIET NAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY-HA NOI
UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGE & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
FACULTY OF POST – GRADUATE STUDIES

Table of
Contents……………………………………………………………………………….v
PART I: INTRODUCTION 1
1. Rationale 1
2. Aims of the study 1
3. Hypotheses 2
4. Scope of the study 2
5. Method of the study 2
6. Design of the study 3
PART II: DEVELOPMENT 4
CHAPTER I: LITERATURE REVIEW 4
1.1. Introduction 4
1.2. Definitions of terms 4
1.2.1. Cognitive linguistics 4
1.2.2. Cognitive Semantics 5
1.3. Talmy’s theory of lexicalization patterns 5
1.3.1. Preliminaries 5
1.3.2. The Motion Event 6
1.3.3. The three-way typology: the verb root 6
1.3.3.1. Lexicalization pattern: Motion + Co-event 7
1.3.3.3. Lexicalization pattern: Motion + Path 7
1.3.3.4. Lexicalization pattern: Motion + Figure…………………………………… 8
1.3.4. The two-way typology: Path of motion 9

1.4. Image Schema 10
1.5. Summary 10

CHAPTER II: DEICTIC MOTION VERBS 12
2.1. Deictic motion verbs in English 12
2.2. Deictic motion verbs in Vietnamese 13