INFORMATION ABOUT THE DOCTORAL THESIS
1. Candidate's full name:Nguyen Thi Thanh
2. Gender: Female
3. Date of birth: June 14, 1982
4. Place of birth: Ha Nam
5. Decision on the admission of doctoral students No. 2798/2012/QD-XHNV-SDH dated December 28, 2012, of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities.
6. Changes in the training process:
- The thesis completion period was extended by two years according to Decision No. 113/QD-XHNV dated January 15, 2016 and Decision No. 4617/QD-XHNV dated December 29, 2016 of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities.
- Revise the title of the research project according to Decision No. 2963/QD-XHNV issued on November 14, 2017, by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities.
7. Thesis title:Means of expressing moral and ethical attitudes in English and Vietnamese business correspondence.
8. Specialization: Comparative Linguistics Code: 62.22.02.41
9. Scientific supervisor:Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Hiep
10. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:
- The thesis systematically describes the means of expressing the moral modality of 'obligation' and 'permission' in English and Vietnamese commercial correspondence on three levels: syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic.
- The thesis has successively compared the aforementioned means of expression in order to find similarities and differences.
- Based on linguistic, cultural, and genre characteristics, the thesis has initially explained the similarities and differences mentioned above.
11. Practical applications:
- Compiling reference books for students studying Business Correspondence at universities in Vietnam.
- To support research, teaching, and the creation and reception of commercial correspondence in English and Vietnamese.
12. Future research directions:
This study examines the means of expressing moral and ethical sentiments in English and Vietnamese business correspondence from an intercultural perspective.
13. Published works related to the dissertation:
[1]. Nguyen Thi Thanh (2017), “Modal verbs in English and Vietnamese commercial correspondence”, Lexicography & Encyclopedia (1), pp. 35-40.
[2]. Nguyen Thi Thanh (2017), “Verb expressing the moral modality of “obligation” in English commercial correspondence”, Language & Life (8), pp.69-73.
[3]. Nguyen Thi Thanh (2017), “Modal verbs expressing the moral attitude of “permission” in English and Vietnamese commercial correspondence”, Social Sciences and Humanities (2b), pp. 354-364.
[4]. Nguyen Thi Thanh (2017), “Speech acts expressing the moral attitude of “obligation” in English and Vietnamese commercial correspondence”, Social Sciences and Humanities in the process of globalization, National University of Hanoi Publishing House, Hanoi, pp. 313-320.
[5]. Nguyen Thi Thanh (2018), “A study in expressing means of “obligatory” deontic modality in English Commercial correspondence”, University-level scientific conference, Foreign Trade University, pp. 306-316.
INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS
1. Full name: Nguyen Thi Thanh 2. Sex: Female
3. Date of birth: June 14, 1982 4. Place of birth: Ha Nam
5. Admission decision number: 2798/2012/QD-XHNV-SDH Dated: December 28th, 2012 issued by the University of Social Sciences and Humanities.
6. Changes in academic process:
- The thesis has been extended 2 years based on decision numbered 113/QD-XHNV dated January 15th, 2016 and decision numbered 4617/ QD-XHNV dated December 29th, 2016 signed by the president of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities.
- The thesis title has been modified in accordance with decision numbered 2963/QD-XHNV dated November 14th, 2017 signed by the president of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities.
7. Official thesis title: Expressing means of deontic modality in English and Vietnamese Commercial Correspondence.
8. Major: Contrastive Linguistics Code: 62.22.02.41
9. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Hiep
10. Summary of a new findings of the thesis:
- The thesis has described in details all expressions of “obligatory” and “permissive” deontic modality in English and Vietnamese Commercial Correspondence from 3 aspects: syntax, semantics and pragmatics.
- The thesis has contrasted these expressions means to find out identify similarities and differences.
- The thesis has also briefly explained the similarities and differences based on the characteristics of linguistics, cultures and text types.
11. Practical applicability:
- Compiling supplementary materials for Vietnamese students who study Commercial correspondence at Vietnam's universities.
- Applying in studying, teaching, writing and analyzing Vietnamese and English commercial correspondences.
12. Further research directions:
Studying about expressing means of deontic modality in English and Vietnamese Commercial correspondences from cross-cultural aspects.
13. Thesis-related publications:
[1] Nguyen Thi Thanh (2017), “Deontic modal verbs in commercial correspondence in English and Vietnamese”, Lexicography & Encyclopedia, Volume 1, pp.35-40.
[2] Nguyen Thi Thanh (2017), “Lexical means of expressing deontic modality in English commercial correspondence”, Language and Life, Volume 8, pp.69-73.
[3] Nguyen Thi Thanh (2017), “Modal verbs express deontic modality “permission” in English and Vietnamese commercial correspondence”, VNU Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, Volume 2b, pp.354-364.
[4] Nguyen Thi Thanh (2017), “Speech acts express “obligatory” deontic modality in English and Vietnamese commercial correspondence”, Vietnamese Social Sciences and Humanities in Global process, Vietnam National Univeristy Press, pp.313-320.
[5] Nguyen Thi Thanh (2018), “A study in expressing means of “obligatory” deontic modality in English commercial correspondence”, The Foreign Trade University's conference., pp.306-316.
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