A study on English metaphor related to the proper names.doc

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Part i: introduction

1.rationale.

Nowadays, English is the most widely used in the world

and plays an important role together with thedevelopment of society and technologies. English is not

only the effective means of communication but also show

its progressive effects in many aspects of life.

Practically, study on the similarities and differences

between the two languages and cultures English and

Vietnamese has been one of my concerns when studyingEnglish at university. It is clear that there are many

differences between the two languages of as those in

grammar, lexicology, translation, phonetic and so on.

However there still exists plenty of similarities and

differences between English and Vietnamese that can be

demonstrated through metaphorical meaning especiallymetaphor in literature and idioms expression.

his study of metaphor has been traditionally associated

with the study of literature, the use of metaphor is not

restricted to this !inds of language. " good understanding

of how metaphor is used in everyday language is not only

important for students of English to increase ourvocabulary, but also to understand new and original

metaphor when we hear or spea! them.

However, what I want to express here it that idioms and

proverbs are the genius of national language that is the

!ey help learners !now more about nation, as well as

custom and culture of each country all over the world.

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herefore, it is a must to me to study metaphor related to

proper names that has made a deep expression on me for

a long time because, I myself find it so interesting that

the proper names not only reflect the concepts bur alsorefer the characteristic of person and places. I always

wonder why the following phenomena is, for example,

English expression$ he is a %thello has an e&uivalent one

in Vietnamese $ 'h(n )*ng l+ hon th- and many cases

we cannot find any e&uivalent of this languages idioms

and expression and the character in literature, clearly,most language ma!e use of metaphor but the way

individual words used varies from one language to

another and each language has its own system and that

they cannot always transfer the metaphorical use of a

word from one language to another.

Importantly, metaphor help learners see the interest thebeauty as well as the culture colour of language which

help learners use and understand correctly and clearly. I

hope that learners will understand about metaphor in

English especially metaphor relating to the proper names

that is also the main reason motivating me to carry out

this research.2. Aims of the study.

/y research aims at.$

0 giving theoretical bac!ground of metaphor.

0 presenting some difficulties faced by Vietnamese

learners of English in terms of idioms in general and the

idioms related to the proper names in particular.

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0 giving some suggested solutions to overcome these

difficulties,

0 finding the metaphorical characteristic of factors related

to the proper names in English idioms and literature.3. Methods of the study.

he study on metaphor in not only English idioms but also

literature related to the proper names is carried out with

comparative methods with a hope that learners could see

the role of metaphor in using idioms and literature from

some linguists, typical examples and extracted fromvarious types of boo!s 2esides, idioms were collected

from dictionary to get valuable !nowledge for this paper.

3urthermore, Information related to the research paper

from websites was also loo!ed into in order to complete

this research successfully.

4. Scope of the study.

4uring the study process, I have been attracted by

metaphor 5 one of the figure of speech as well as

metaphor in English idioms and expression about the

proper names.

2ecause of time allowance and !nowledge, I cannot coverall idioms and proverbs on these issues bur only focus on

idioms related to proper names, here is a sample of

discussing on metaphor in English idioms$ typical proper

names in literature and idioms, in each !ind of proper

names, I introduce some outstanding idioms to illustrate

for the research.

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5.Design of the study.

he study consists of three parts.

Part #$ is introduction, including rationale, aims of the

study, methods of the study, scope of the study, anddesign of the study.

Part 1 is development that is divided into three chapters

7hapter # is bac!ground !nowledge on the study. It

supplies the definition characteristic, classification and

definition.

7hapter 1 is an analysis of metaphor in English related toproper names.

7hapter 6 is metaphor related to proper names is English

comparison with Vietnamese

Part 6 is a conclusion which gives a summary of the whole

study mentioned in the previous parts.

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Part : de!elopment

"hapter i:

theoretical #ac$ground of metaphor % &%'(S).

2efore researching to detail the use and the meaning ofmetaphors related to proper names, it is important to

understand the history and the use of metaphors in daily

life.

.1 *hat is metaphor

heoretically, there are a lot of different ways to define

what is metaphor. "ccording to %xford "dvance 9earnersdictionary$ metaphor is a word or phrase used to describe

somebody or something else, in a way that is different

from its normal use, in order to show that two things have

the same &ualities and to ma!e the description more

powerful. 3or example,' she has a heart of stone-

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Here, the association of similarity is about the behavior or

character of the bee and the person : he< hardwor!ing

character metaphor is also understood that in each

metaphor, there are two main parts$ the tenor and the

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and round. /outh is also used as a metaphor to refer the

entrance of a cave and the other example such as$

he head of a cabbage

he teeth of a sawruong :#==6$@C.

.5 Metaphor related to Pander

he word 'pander- named from Pandaros, a procurer or

pimp in "ncient ree! mythology. Bo as to further

understand the meaning and the using of the word

'pander-, loo! at the following example$E g$

Newspaper panderingto the public love

of scandal.

% 4ell :#==A$6CA. It has been suggested that it

comes from the name of the "ustralia boxer 9arry 3oleythough why he was particularly happy no one seems to

!now he won a lot of contests.

.2.2 Metaphor related to the pro!er#: 6o# Peter

to pay Paul.

he idiom ' Rob Peter to pay Paul- is used to

metaphorically referring to taking away from one

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person in order to give to another. 9oo! at the

example.

E g$

He is a rob peter to pay Paul

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his proverbs express not in this sense of robbing the

rich to pay the poor but of behaving illogically or falling to

solve a problem by merely creating another Early

appearances of proverbs show the reference is to Bt Peter

and Bt Paul as two men of e&ual sainthood..2.3 Metaphor related to the idiom: any om Dic$

or )arry.

he list has included other names down the centuries

such as Lac! and Gill5 Bha!espeare has om, 4ic! and

3rancis in Henry IV

E g$He wont tal! to any Tom, Dic or !arry

2 L homas :1CC1$##8n )inh

2asing on the characteristic, we can understand many

e&uivalent in proper names. Gith the name of ' Bcrooge-refers to very mean person in 7hristmas 7arol by 7harles

4ic!ens, in Vietnamese the name ' Bcrooge- is used

metaphorically to express the name of character of the

story ' Wng h+o cX ma- by NguyYn 7Zng Hoan, the

name of character is Huy[n Hinh who express the same

characteristic of Bcrooge.

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.1.3 Similarity in using proper names #et0een

7e$yll and )yde and 6?nh )@m

E.g$

He is got a Le!yll and Hydewww.usingenglish.com

Ge can see the name 'Le!yll and Hyde- is referred to a

man with two contrasting personalities, one gentle and

one murderous in novel by 9 Btevenson. However, there

is a character in Vietnamese literature having an

e&uivalent, that is name of character in story ' 9\c V]ni^n-, the character ' r_nh H]m- has also the similariry

of characteristic.

.1.4 Similarity in using proper names #et0een

Don 7uan and S Bhanh

E.g$

He is a 4on Luanruong :#==6$=C. I thin! "lan should go on a diet and get more exercise.

Hes beginning to loo! li!e

". 2illy 2unter

7. obert

2. upert 4. /an

3riday

@. 7ome onQ Ive never met anyone so reluctant to spend

money, you

". %thello

7. Vincent

2. Bcrooge 4. ex

=. 7ome on, wa!e upQ Its nearly lunch5time.

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". Pip Van Gin!le

7. Lohn

2. arJan 4. Paul

#C. Hes a body5builder and weight5lifter. Have you seenhim a swimsuitR

He loo!s li!e

". arJan 7.

%liver

2. obinson 7rusoe 4.

Noel

&F 2:/atch up the definition on the left :#5A< with the

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the meaning of not only idioms but also characters in

novels more figurative and vivid. 2eing aware of its

importance. I decided to analyJe metaphors in English

idioms and eponymous related to the proper names.In chapter #, a general theoretical bac!ground of

metaphor has been presented, which help people ma!e

sense of the role of metaphor.

In chapter 1 a series of English metaphor related to the

proper names were analyJed and illustrated by lots of

examples that help learners improve their !nowledge ofmetaphor in proper names in general, in English idioms

related to the proper names in particular. 3urthermore

English metaphor related to the proper names have been

presented with Vietnamese e&uivalences. hey provide

learners with better understanding of the culture among

countries.In the final, chapter 6 English metaphor related to the

proper names have been presented with Vietnamese

e&uivalences and difficulties that Vietnamese learners

often face when studying English idiom and proper names

are also pointed out. 2y studying some suggested

solutions, learners can choose the effective ways ormethods to learn English idiom related to the proper

names. his chapter ends with some types of exercises as

a sample to give learners chances to practice using it.

In short, I have summed up what have been mentioned in

my research paper with a hope learners of English will get

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benefits from this study to learn English metaphor related

to the proper names better.

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6eferences

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#. "B Hornby #==C. %xford "dvance learners dictionary

of current English.1. 2 L homas 1CC1 "dvanced Vocabulary M Idiom.

6. 9iJ M Lohn Boars #==A Headway students boo!.

8. /ichael /c 7arthy 3elicity % 4ell #==A. English

vocabulary in use.

A. hoa, N. . . :1CCA< "ssignment on 9anguage and

7ulture in 7ontact. Vietnam National niversity5 Hanoi.D. rng, H , #==6 2asic English 9exicology. National

niversity 7ollege of 3oreign language.

>. j dikn "nh5Vi[t #==6. Nh+ xut bn P H7/

*e#sites:

#.http$;;www.dictionary.cambridge.org

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