The present study is an attempt to give a description of
how temporal and modal meanings are expressed in Vietnamese,
and to relate the description to English by way of translation
correspondence. The study is, therefore, a
contrastive work on Time and Modality in Vietnamese and
English.
It is hoped that Vietnamese students might find in this
work some kind of help that may facilitate their study
of English grammar as regards time and mood.
In chapter 1, the author presents a brief history of
foreign language teaching in Vietnam, and the role of
English as a foreign language in the country at present.
He also discusses problems confronting Vietnamese teachers
and students in teaching and learning English and states
the aims of the study. Next, the structure of the Vietnamese
verb-phrase is discussed, with a view to giving
the reader some idea of how auxiliaries operate in
Vietnamese.
In chapter 2, a description of temporal expression in
Vietnamese is presented, with emphasis on the uses of the
so-called "time auxiliaries". Also, time adverbs, time
clauses and questions with time in Vietnamese are
discussed.
Chapter 3 deals with modal expression in Vietnamese. In
this chapter special attention is given to the uses of
the modal auxiliaries. Attempts are then made to describe
the so-called "attitudinal disjuncts" and conditional
sentences in Vietnamese.
In chapter 4, implications for teaching time and modality
in English to Vietnamese students are given. The author
suggests some teaching points, which, through the present
contrastive work, are likely to be some of the most
difficult areas for Vietnamese speakers and therefore
should be given the most particular attention.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/218983 |
| Date | January 1985 |
| Creators | Ha, Nguyen Hong, n/a |
| Publisher | University of Canberra. Information Sciences |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | ), Copyright Nguyen Hong Ha |
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