HANOI UNIVERSITY OF INDUSTRY FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES ----------

GRADUATION PAPER B.A DEGREE IN ENGLISH

A CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS
BETWEEN NOMINAL CLAUSE IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE EQUIVALENTS

Supervisor : Nguyễn Thị Hưởng, MA Student : Đặng Thị Thơi Student ID : 0541180107 Group : ĐHTA2 – Intake 5

Hanoi, May, 2014
DECLARATION
I certify that no part of the report has been copied or reproduced by me from any other person’s work without acknowledgement and that the report is originally written by me under strict guidance of my supervisor.
Date of submitted: May 05, 2014 StudentĐặng Thị Thơi | SupervisorNguyễn Thị Hưởng | | |

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
For the accomplishment of this study, I have received a great deal of support and assistance from many dedicated individuals.
First of all, I would like to express my faithful and deepest thanks to my supervisor, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Huong (M.A) for her useful references, excellent advices and readiness during my study process.
Secondly, I would like to show my gratitude to all teachers at Faculty of Foreign Language, Hanoi University of Industry for their support during the time of the course.
I want to thank all linguists and grammarians whose researchers have been quoted in this study.
My thanks also go to my beloved family and my friends who always stand by my side and encourage me from my reparation until the completion of this study.

CONTENTS
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 4
LIST OF TABLES 5
PART A: INTRODUCTION 6 1. Rationale 6 2. Aim of the study 7 3. Scope of the study 7 4. Methods of the study 8 5. Design of the study 8
PART B: DEVELOPMENT 10
CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW 10 1.1. Sentence 10 1.1.1. Definition of sentence 10 1.1.2. Types of sentence 11 1.2. English and