TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1. RATIONALE
1.2. AIMS
1.3. OBJECTIVES
1.4. SCOPE OF THE STUDY
1.5. RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1.6. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
1.7. ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW AND THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
2.1. LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1.1. The Previous Studies of English Idioms of Foreign Researchers
2.1.2. The Previous Related Studies in English from Vietnamese Researchers
2.2. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
2.2.1. Words
2.2.2. Idioms
2.2.3. Idioms and Other Language Units
2.3. CONCLUDING REMARKS
CHAPTER 3 METHODS AND PROCEDURES
3.1. RESEARCH METHOD
3.2. DATA COLLECTION METHOD
3.3. DATA ANALYSIS
3.4. PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 4 FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS
4.1. FINDINGS
4.1.1. Words
4.1.2. Idioms
4.2 SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERRENCES
4.2.1. Similarities and Differences in the Syntactic Features of Words Expressing Unhappiness in English Versus Vietnamese
4.2.2. Similarities and Differences in Terms of Semantic Features of Words Expressing Unhappiness in English Versus Vietnamese
4.2.3. Similarities and Differences in Terms of Syntactic Features of Idioms Expressing Unhappiness in English Versus Vietnamese
4.2.4. Similarities and Differences in Terms of Semantic Features of Idioms Expressing Unhappiness in Einglish Versus Vietnamese
CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS
5.1. CONCLUSIONS
5.2. IMPLICATIONS
5.2.1. Implication for Learning Words and Idioms Denoting Unhappiness
5.2.2. Implication for Teaching Words and Idioms Denoting Unhappiness
5.2.3. Implication for Translating Words and Idioms Denoting Unhappiness
5.3. LIMITATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
5.3.1. Limitations
5.3.2. Suggestions for Further Research