COMPARATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS IN CHINESE (IN CONTRAST TO VIETNAMESE)
Nguyễn Hoàng Anh
Lê Xuân Thại
Abstract
The paper focuses on describing the grammatical and semantic characteristics of each component of comparative constructions in Chinese. On the basis of the descriptive framework of Chinese, through the examples which are translated into Vietnamese, this paper contrasts Chinese comparative constructions against their Vietnamese equivalents and finds out the similarities and differences between these two languages.