Abstract

Vietnamese unit nouns (known as “count(able) nouns” or “classifiers”) were profoundly surveyed by a great number of linguists. However, foreigners learning Vietnamese have great trouble in dealing with this grammatical issue. In the paper, the author tries to formulate usages of Vietnamese unit nouns in order to facilitate foreigners’ learning. Besides, the author also focuses on the interpretation of the cases where unit noun’s presence is optional.