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METAPHORS USED IN STUDENTS’ DAILY CONVERSATIONS: UNTOLD STORIES : LINGUISTICS/ APPLIED LINGUISTICS

Metaphors are used every day to explain and elucidate emotions, feelings and make your speaking and writing more personal, more memorable, and more persuasive. The purpose of this study is to investigate the use of metaphors in daily conversations of young students including both Vietnamese and international students in university environment contexts. Metaphors will be studied and discussed in all aspects: Metaphors in different points of view; What metaphors are used students in these conversations; Classification of used metaphors following cognitive linguistics. Contributing to this research basis, by employing both qualitative and quantitative methods, in this present study, contrastive analysis the use of metaphors in English vs. Vietnamese will be also covered. The most significant conclusion that can be drawn from my study was that the use of metaphors plays a such huge role in our life.

Pham Thi Tai has been a lecturer in University of Foreign Language Studies, The University of Danang, Vietnam. She is currently working on her doctoral degree. Her research interests include: cognitive linguistics and methodology of language teaching. She has taken part in a lot of professional conferences in many countries including Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia. She can be reached at tai.uni.dn@gmail.com