A Study on English Adverbial Clauses in The Thorn Bird with Reference to Vietnamese Equivalents

Abstract

This study aims to identify the syntactic and semantic features of adverbial clauses in English, which are extracted from the novel “The Thorn Bird” by Colleen McCullough, and relate them with Vietnamese equivalents.Practically, the exploitation of adverbial clauses in the novel “The Thorn Bird” helps learners gain a deeper understanding of adverbial clauses, from which they can enhance and improve their English language skills and translation ability from English to Vietnamese and vice versa.