Luận văn A comparative study of insults in vietnamese and american english

Tóm tắt Luận văn A comparative study of insults in vietnamese and american english: ...eted as an aggressive insult. A factor which is important to the interpretation of humourous insults is the content of the utterance itself. Leech [21, p.144] believes that a humourous insult in the form of banter must be obviously untrue. Otherwise it can be perceived to be too close to rea...ts of the data show that age may have salient influences on the interpretation of insults in Vietnamese culture. In all situations, vietnamese respondents felt more insulted when the comments were uttered by the younger than the other two and less insulted when they were uttered by the older...a salient factor influencing the interpretation of insults in American culture. All of the utterances were perceived as less insulting when they were uttered by the respondents’ close friends than by their workmates. Utterances which should be avoided in friend talks can be found in situat...