Contrasting the meanings of the verb ‘go’ in English with the verb ‘đi’ in Vietnamese

Abstract

The verb go (đi) represents one of the most basic and common locomotion movements of humans and animals. This is one of the typical pairs of polysemous verbs in English and Vietnamese. Along with the development of humanity, their meanings develop in diversity and richness. The article focuses on analyzing some semantic characteristics of the verb ‘go’ in English and ‘đi’ in Vietnamese to clearly see the similarities and differences of this pair of verbs in terms of semantics.