A study on greeting culture in English and Vietnamese

Abstract

The research purpose of the project is to systematically study greeting behavior when meeting each other in English and Vietnamese. The description focuses on the linguistic and cultural characteristics of the greeting, thereby comparing it with equivalent greetings in Vietnamese, pointing out similarities and differences from the perspective of language application and language proficiency language and cross-cultural perspective. The topic also aims to help students and civil servants working in public agencies in contact with foreigners understand the linguistic, psychological, social, cultural characteristics... in their behavior. Bilingual greetings combine English and Vietnamese, thereby improving the capacity and effectiveness of communication and language translation. The research results contribute to enriching the understanding of greeting culture in English and Vietnamese, helping to receive and use these languages more effectively.