TTLA: Structure of Vietnamese nouns and verbs in 17th century Vietnamese texts

INFORMATION ABOUT DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name of the researcher:Vo Thi Minh Ha             

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: November 14, 1975

4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Decision on recognition of PhD students No. 4152/QD-SDH dated July 15, 2008 of the Director of VNU, Hanoi.

6. Changes in training process: No

7. Thesis topic name:Structure of Vietnamese nouns and verbs in 17th century Vietnamese texts

8. Major: Vietnamese Linguistics Code: 62.22.01.15

9. Instructor:Prof. Dr. Vu Duc Nghieu

10. Summary of new results of the thesis:

- Identify the diagram of the 17th century Vietnamese noun phrase model including: central part, anterior adjunct and posterior adjunct.

- Identify the elements involved in each part of the noun structure.

- Identify the similarities and differences between the structure of Vietnamese noun phrases in the 17th century and Vietnamese today.

- Identify the diagram of the 17th century Vietnamese verb model including: central part, anterior adverb and posterior adverb.

- Identify the elements involved in each part of the verb structure.

- Identify the similarities and differences between the verb structure of 17th century Vietnamese and current Vietnamese.

11. Practical application:

In practice, understanding the structure of Vietnamese nouns and verbs in the 17th century will help language researchers and teachers better understand the nature, structure and components of nouns and verbs. On that basis, the research results of the thesis not only provide a model of the structure of Vietnamese nouns and verbs in the 17th century but also make practical contributions to the model of Vietnamese nouns in the medieval period as well as the historical process of Vietnamese syntax.

12. Further studies:

In the future, the author of the thesis can continue to conduct more in-depth research on the structure of Vietnamese nouns and verbs in the centuries before and after the 17th century. At the same time, research on other phrases to have a comprehensive view of the structure of medieval Vietnamese.

13. Published works related to the thesis:

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

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

13.3. Vo Thi Minh Ha (2016), “Quantifiers in 17th-19th century Catholic correspondence”, Language Magazine (1), pp. 64-77.

13.4. Vo Thi Minh Ha (2016), “Some special phenomena of the Vietnamese noun 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 documents written in Quoc Ngu script in the 17th-13th centuries”, Proceedings of the scientific conference Preserving the purity of Vietnamese and Language education in schools, pp. 132-139.

13.6. Vo Thi Minh Ha (2016), “Modal verbs in 17th century verbs (Through texts written in the national language)”, Proceedings of the international conference Research and teaching of Linguistics - 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.