FEATURES OF “GRADUAL” SPEED SET EXPRESSIONS IN VIETNAMESE

Abstract

 This study attempts to point out the socio-cultural features of “gradual” speed set expressions in Vietnamese. The method of the study is descriptive, describing the features of “gradual” speed set expressions in Vietnamese in terms of different categories and aspects of meaning. 52 samples denoting “gradual” speed in Vietnamese were collected from Vietnamese monolingual and idiomatic dictionaries. The results show that the categories and aspects of meaning of “gradual” speed set expressions are various and diversified.

The values of the study are that it can be helpful not only for users to have a deep understand- ing of socio-cultural features of “gradual” speed set expressions and to be able to distiguish the degrees of their aspects of meaning, but also for teachers and learners in the process of teaching and learning Vietnamese as a foreign language.