Functions of English Adjectives and Their Equivalents in Vietnamese Language
Functions of English Adjectives and Their Equivalents in Vietnamese Language
Huynh The Phi
Class 3A
Department of English
Ho Chi Minh City, University of Education
Instructor: Bui Nguyen Khanh
Ho Chi Minh City, 19th June 2013
Abstract
Every human knows at least one language, spoken or signed. Because of globalization, people’s needs to acquire a new language are increasing year by year. English is now one of the most popular in the world. It was used in business, education, history, daily commutations. That is one of the reason why leaners choose English as a second language. For most English learners, to acquire a new language, besides mastering 4 language skills, understanding grammar is very important. To help people who in need, I am an English teacher to be, will bring you an insight view of grammar, specifically, adjective. Adjective is the third of the eight parts of speech in English. How it is used? How is differed from Vietnamese? I hope that my research could answer these two questions and give you a deeper view to the adjective usage in English compared with Vietnamese.
An Overview of English Adjectives
1. What is an adjective in English?
According to Oxford Advanced Leaner Dictionary 8th, an adjective is “a word that describes a person or thing, for example big, red and clever in a big house, red wine and a clever idea” (Albert, 2010)
2. Semantics function of English Adjectives
a. Stative and dynamic adjectives
Stative adjectives describe the stative characteristics of objects. Stative adjectives cannot be used in imperative constructions:
Be tall/short/big.[not appropriate]
She is being tall/ short/ big. [not appropriate]
Dynamic adjectives, on the other hand, describe the dynamic properties of people of things. For examples: happy, careful, helpful, polite… Dynamic adjectives have different usage from stative adjectives, such as
Dynamic adjectives can go with progress form of “be”, while stative
Huynh The Phi
Class 3A
Department of English
Ho Chi Minh City, University of Education
Instructor: Bui Nguyen Khanh
Ho Chi Minh City, 19th June 2013
Abstract
Every human knows at least one language, spoken or signed. Because of globalization, people’s needs to acquire a new language are increasing year by year. English is now one of the most popular in the world. It was used in business, education, history, daily commutations. That is one of the reason why leaners choose English as a second language. For most English learners, to acquire a new language, besides mastering 4 language skills, understanding grammar is very important. To help people who in need, I am an English teacher to be, will bring you an insight view of grammar, specifically, adjective. Adjective is the third of the eight parts of speech in English. How it is used? How is differed from Vietnamese? I hope that my research could answer these two questions and give you a deeper view to the adjective usage in English compared with Vietnamese.
An Overview of English Adjectives
1. What is an adjective in English?
According to Oxford Advanced Leaner Dictionary 8th, an adjective is “a word that describes a person or thing, for example big, red and clever in a big house, red wine and a clever idea” (Albert, 2010)
2. Semantics function of English Adjectives
a. Stative and dynamic adjectives
Stative adjectives describe the stative characteristics of objects. Stative adjectives cannot be used in imperative constructions:
Be tall/short/big.[not appropriate]
She is being tall/ short/ big. [not appropriate]
Dynamic adjectives, on the other hand, describe the dynamic properties of people of things. For examples: happy, careful, helpful, polite… Dynamic adjectives have different usage from stative adjectives, such as
Dynamic adjectives can go with progress form of “be”, while stative
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