(Tiểu luận) a discourse analysis of vietnamese and english business contracts in binh duong province

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PEOPLE’S COMMITTEE OF BINH DUONG PROVINCE

THU DAU MOT UNIVERSITY

ĐINH THỊ MINH

A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF VIETNAMESE

AND ENGLISH BUSINESS CONTRACTS

IN BLNH DUONG PROVINCE

MASTER THESIS

MAJOR: ENGLISH LANGUAGE

CODE: 8220201

BINH DUONG, 2019

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PEOPLE’S COMMITTEE OF BINH DUONG PROVINCE

THU DAI MOT UNIVERSITY

DINH THỊ MINH

A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF VIETNAMESE

AND ENGLISH BUSINESS CONTRACTS

IN BIND DUONG PROVINCE

MASTER THESIS

MAJOR: ENGLISH LANGUAGE

CODE: «220201

(Tiểu luận) a discourse analysis of Vietnamese and english business contracts

in binh duong province SUPERVISOR

PHAM vu PHI HO, ASSOC. PROF. PH D

BINI! DUONG, 2019 «———————————

STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP

Except where reference is made in the text of the research paper, this paper contains no material publish elsewhere or extracted in the whole, or in part from a paper by which I have qualified for or been awarded another degree or diploma.

No other person’s work has been used without due acknowledgement in the paper.

This paper has not (Tiểu luận) a discourse analysis of Vietnamese and english business contracts in binh duong province been submitted for the award of any degree or diploma in any other tertian,’ institution.

Bmh Duong. 2019

ĐINH THỊ MINH

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I want to thank everyone who helped and supported me leading this thesis.

This thesis was completed due to the intellectual, emotional, and material support that I have received from my instructor, friends, and family whom I would like to thank here.

First. I would like to acknowledge my indebtedness to my supervisor Pham Vu Phi (Tiểu luận) a discourse analysis of Vietnamese and english business contracts in binh duong province Ho Assoc. Prof. Ph D. or his invaluable suggestions, corrections and advice that helped me to fulfill this study.

I am also grateful to all the other teachers at the Department of Foreign Languages for all their enthusiasm and suggestions which helped me overcome difficulties in the process of my study.

As always. I wish to express my special thanks to my parents for giving me encouragement and creating favorable conditions in making my study possible.

Finally. I want to thank all of (Tiểu luận) a discourse analysis of Vietnamese and english business contracts in binh duong province my friends for their assistance in providing me necessary materials for the study.

ABSTRACT

This thesis has been done in an effort to investigate the standards frequently used by foreigners and Vietnamese people in the course of drafting business contract. With the examples of collected Vietnamese and English, researcher is able to explore some linguistics features and the similarities as well as differences of Business contract in term of overall structures, lexical choices and format. In some cases, they have slight differences in layout, lexical and (Tiểu luận) a discourse analysis of Vietnamese and english business contracts in binh duong province format The thesis aims at finding out general format how to draft a Vietnamese and English Business Contract. In addition, the result shows the usage of proper words and structures in the legal document as Business Contract.

The finding is hoped to help entrepreneurs and office staff understand well characteristics of Vietnamese and English Business Contract as well as study to draft a legal contract properly. Moreover, the research result aims of using in accounting, business administration or other economic sectors at Universities and Colleges so that the (Tiểu luận) a discourse analysis of Vietnamese and english business contracts in binh duong province schools or institutes have a rich source of materials as well as references for drafting business contract. Then, learners will have a better insight into the features of the contract in Vietnamese and English as well as how to draft the contract legally.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION

• 1.1.  Rationale

• 1.2.  Background statement

• 1.3.  Purpose of the study

• 1.4.  Research questions

• 1.5.  Significance of the study

• 1.6.  Limitation of the study

• 1.7.  Definitions of key terms

• 1.8.  Organization (Tiểu luận) a discourse analysis of Vietnamese and english business

contracts in binh duong province of the study

CHAPTER 2. LITERATURE REVIEW

• 2.1. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND AND LITERATURE REVIEWS

• 2.1.1  Definitions of Discourse Analysis

• 2.1.2  Definition of Business Contract

• 2.2. CHARACTERISTICS OF BUSINESS CONTRACT

• 2.2.1  Particular characteristics of Business Contract

• 2.2.2  Characteristics of Vietnamese Business Contract

• 2.2.3  Characteristics of English Business Conữact

• 2.2.4  Similarities

• 2.2.5  Differences

• 2.2.6  Technical terms

• 2.2.7  Review of previous research studies

CHAPTER 3. METHODOLOGY

• 3.1.  Research design and data (Tiểu luận) a discourse analysis of Vietnamese and english

business contracts in binh duong province gathering instruments

• 3.2.  Sampling and data collection procedures

• 3.3.  Ethical considerations

3.4 Data analysis

• 3.4.1  Analytical approaches

• 3.4.2  Analytical procedures

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