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The aim is to analyze and compare proverbs from English and Vietnamese using cognitive pragmatics and speech act theory.

March 30, 2026AmpersandOpen Access

Classifying Speech Acts in English–Vietnamese Proverbs: A Cognitive–Pragmatic Approach

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Compares speech acts in English and Vietnamese proverbs, highlighting cultural differences in communication.

The aim is to analyze and compare proverbs from English and Vietnamese using cognitive pragmatics and speech act theory.
Examined 300 proverbs (150 from each language)
Classified proverbs into categories: directive, commissive, expressive, representative, and declarative
Analyzed speech-act distribution, affective encoding, and metapragmatic explicitness
Vietnamese proverbs use metaphorical compression and indirectness more frequently
English proverbs exhibit greater explicit evaluative framing
Both languages show similar speech-act repertoires but with culturally specific emphases

Dang et al. (2026) studied this question.

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