An investigation of expressions concerning death in English and Vietnamese obituary

Tóm tắt

Obituary is a special text published in newspapers. The person writing an obituary is asked to create a document that is going to be read by many, many people, so the writer is required the skillfulness in word choice. Therefore, “An investigation of expressions concerning death in English and Vietnamese obituary” was executed with the hope to provide some practical knowledge about lexical using, literary devices and cultural characteristics hidden in obituary.