TTLA: The structure of noun phrases and verb phrases in Vietnamese Quốc ngữ texts of the 17th century

INFORMATION ABOUT THE DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name of the doctoral candidate:Vo Thi Minh Ha             

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: November 14, 1975

4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Decision No. 4152/QD-SDH dated July 15, 2008, of the Director of Vietnam National University, Hanoi, recognizing the doctoral student.

6. Changes in the training process: None

7. Thesis title:The structure of noun phrases and verb phrases in Vietnamese Quốc ngữ texts of the 17th century.

8. Major: Vietnamese Linguistics Code: 62.22.01.15

9. Instructor:Prof. Dr. Vu Duc Nghieu

10. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

- Identify the model diagram of Vietnamese noun phrases in the 17th century, consisting of: the central part, the pre-modifier, and the post-modifier.

- Identify the components involved in each part of the noun phrase structure.

- Identify the similarities and differences in the structure of Vietnamese noun phrases in the 17th century compared to modern Vietnamese.

- Identify the model diagram of Vietnamese verb phrases in the 17th century, including: the central part, the pre-modifier, and the post-modifier.

- Identify the components involved in each part of the verb phrase structure.

- Identify the similarities and differences in the verb structure of 17th-century Vietnamese compared to modern Vietnamese.

11. Practical applications:

In practice, a thorough understanding of the structure of Vietnamese noun phrases and verb phrases in the 17th century will help language researchers and educators better understand the nature, structure, and components of these phrases. Based on this, the research results of this thesis not only provide a structural model of Vietnamese noun phrases and verb phrases in the 17th century but also make practical contributions to the model of Vietnamese noun phrases in the medieval period as well as the historical development of Vietnamese syntax.

12. Further research:

In the future, the author of this thesis may continue to conduct further research on the structure of noun phrases and verb phrases in Vietnamese in the centuries before and after the 17th century. Simultaneously, research into other linguistic segments is possible to gain a comprehensive view of the linguistic structure of medieval Vietnamese.

13. Published works related to the dissertation:

13.1. Vo Thi Minh Ha (2013), “The beginning of Vietnamese noun phrases in the 17th century in the text “History of Annam” (1659)”, Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference on Vietnamese Linguistics in the Context of Renovation and Integration, pp. 1185-1197.

13.2. Vo Thi Minh Ha (2014), “Grammar characteristics of the words and phrases in some Catholic letters of the 17th-19th centuries”, Language Journal (8), pp. 63-77.

13.3. Vo Thi Minh Ha (2016), “Quantifiers in Catholic letters of the 17th-19th centuries”, Language Journal (1), pp. 64-77.

13.4. Vo Thi Minh Ha (2016), “Some special phenomena of the Vietnamese noun phrase center in the 17th-19th centuries (Through texts written in Quoc Ngu script)”, Language & Life Magazine (2), pp. 48-55.

13.5. Vo Thi Minh Ha (2016) “Some special lexical phenomena in correspondence texts written in Quoc Ngu script in the 17th-13th centuries”, Proceedings of the scientific conference Preserving the Purity of the Vietnamese Language and Language Education in Schools, pp. 132-139.

13.6. Vo Thi Minh Ha (2016), “Modal verbs in 17th-century phrasal verbs (Through texts written in the Vietnamese Quốc ngữ script)”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Linguistics Research and Teaching - Theoretical and Practical Issues, pp. 157-166.

INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Candidate's Full name: Vo Thi Minh Ha 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: November 14, 1975 4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Admission decision number: 4152/QD-SDH, July 15^th, 2008 by President of Vietnam National University, Hanoi

6. Changes in academic process: None

7. Official thesis title: The structure of Vietnamese noun phrase- verb phrase in national language in 17th century

8. Major: Vietnamese linguistics Code: 62.22.01.15

9. Supervisors: Prof. PhD. Vu Duc Nghieu

10. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

- Defined the Vietnamese noun phrase diagram in 17th century, including: the head, the pre-nomial modifier and post modification.

- Defined components that involve in each part of noun phrase structure.

- Defined the similarities and differences of Vietnamese noun phrase in 17th century and modern Vietnamese noun phrase.

- Defined the Vietnamese verb phrase diagram in 17th century, including: the head, the pre-modification and post modification.

- Defined components that involve in each part of verb phrase structure.

- Defined the similarities and differences of Vietnamese verb phrase in 17th century and modern Vietnamese.

11. Practical applicability, if any:

In practical issue, the clear understanding about the structure of noun phrase and verb phrase in the 17th century will help researchers and lecturers understand more about the core, the construct and the elements of noun phrase and verb phrase. From that basement, the thesis's result not only provides the structure of the 17th century's noun phrase and verb phrase but also has practical contribution to the structure of Vietnamese noun phrase and verb phrase during the medieval time and also for the historical process of Vietnamese syntax.

12. Further research directions, if any:

In the future, the author of the thesis will go deeper in the structure of noun phrase and verb phrase during the centuries which are back-ward and forward of the seventeenth century. Simultaneously doing research about other phrases in order to have an overall picture of Vietnamese phrases in medieval.

13. Thesis-related publications:

13.1. Vo Thi Minh Ha (2013), “Head of noun phrase of the Vietnamese XVII century in the text “History of Annam” (1659)”, The summary record of International conference Vietnamese linguistics in the background of renovation and integration, pp. 1185- 1197.

13.2. Vo Thi Minh Ha (2014), “Grammar characteristic of these, the in some letters of catholic during XVII-XIX centuries” The journal of linguistics (8), pp. 63- 77.

13.3. Vo Thi Minh Ha (2016), “Quantifier of numbers in letters of catholics in XVII-XIX centuries”, The journal of linguistics (1), pp. 64- 77.

13.4. Vo Thi Minh Ha (2016), “Some special phenomena of the head of Vietnamese noun phrase in XVII-XIX centuries (Via hand writing texts of Quoc Ngu letters), The Language and Life (2), pp. 48- 55.

13.5. Vo Thi Minh Ha (2016), “Some special phenomena lexical in letters which wrote in Quoc Ngu letters in XVII- XVIII centuries, The summary record of conference Keeping pure of Vietnamese language and language training in school, pp. 132- 139.

13.6 Vo Thi Minh Ha (2016), “Stative verbs in verb phrases of the 17th century (Via texts of Quoc Ngu letters)” The summary record of International conference Linguistics research and training- Theoretical and Pracitcal Issues, pp. 157- 166.