1. Full name of doctoral candidate: Nguyen Thi Thuy Ha 2. Gender: Female
3. Date of birth: February 19, 1979 4. Place of birth: Nghe An
5. Decision No. 4618/2016/QD-XHNV dated December 29, 2016, of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU Hanoi, recognizing doctoral students.
6. Changes to the training process (if any): None
7. Thesis title: Lexical and semantic characteristics of lyrics in Vietnamese revolutionary songs from 1945 to 1975
8. Major: Linguistics. 9. Code: 62 22 02 40
10. Scientific supervisor: Prof. Dr. Nguyen Duc Ton
11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:
- In addition to establishing a theoretical framework on words, word meanings, lexical-semantic fields, and the phenomenon of field shifting, the thesis also defines the concepts of "lyrics" and "revolutionary songs" to accurately identify and select the materials to be surveyed. In particular, the thesis presents and explains its own perspective on "symbolic meaning" as a basis for research.
- The thesis surveyed 175 revolutionary songs from the period 1945-1975, collecting 2,583 words with a total of 13,897 uses, classifying them into 8 lexical-semantic fields; identifying the hierarchical nature, overlapping characteristics, distribution features, and semantic functions of words within each field.
- The thesis has statistically identified 826 words with lexical-semantic shifts, with a total frequency of 2,650 occurrences; it specifically identifies metaphor and metonymy as two typical methods of semantic shift that have led to these shifts in word lexical-semantic fields; and it analyzes and explains the ability of words to express meaning in their newly transferred lexical-semantic fields.
- The thesis analyzed and specifically described the symbolic meanings of four typical words with high frequency of appearance as literary aesthetic signals - namely: heart (heart/mind), road, spring, fire; it analyzed the influencing factors, the mechanisms of symbolic meaning formation, and the unique and distinctive features of the vocabulary used in revolutionary songs during the 1945-1975 period.
- The thesis has identified the typical characteristics of vocabulary and semantics, the content reflected, and the central character imagery in Vietnamese revolutionary songs from 1945 to 1975. In particular, the thesis has pointed out the factors influencing and shaping the cognitive characteristics, the way life is expressed, and especially the artistic techniques used to portray the image of the Vietnamese people in revolutionary songs from 1945 to 1975.
12. Practical applications: The research results of this thesis can be used as a reference for studying, researching, or teaching Vietnamese; a useful resource for musicians to improve the quality of language use in songwriting; and a useful resource for teaching music theory and vocal teaching techniques in music schools, academies, and cultural and artistic centers nationwide.
13. Further research directions: Research on the language in Vietnamese revolutionary songs from 1945 to 1975 from the perspectives of phonetics, pragmatics, and grammar.
14. Publications related to the dissertation:
1. Nguyen Thi Thuy Ha (2019), “The symbolic meaning of the word 'heart' in the lyrics of Vietnamese revolutionary songs from 1945 – 1975”, Language Journal (8+9), pp.135-147.
2. Nguyen Thi Thuy Ha (2019), “The image of Vietnamese people through the vocabulary - semantic field referring to people in the lyrics of Vietnamese revolutionary songs from 1945 - 1975”, Language Journal (11), pp. 64-80.
3. Nguyen Thi Thuy Ha (2020) “Some symbolic meanings of the word “fire” in Vietnamese revolutionary songs of the period 1945 – 1975”, Military Culture and Arts Magazine (36), pp. 47-49.
4. Nguyen Thi Thuy Ha (2021), “The symbolic meaning of the word spring/spring season in Vietnamese revolutionary songs of the period 1945 – 1975”, Military Arts and Literature Magazine (961), pp. 96-101.
INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS
1. Full name: NGUYEN THI THUY HA 2. Sex: Female
3. Date of birth: 19/02/1979
4. Place of birth: Nghe An
5. Admission decision number: 4618/2016/QD-XHNV dated: December 29, 2016
6. Changes in academic process: None
7. Official thesis title: Lexical - Semantic Characteristics of Lyrics in Vietnamese Revolutionary Songs in the Period of 1945 - 1975
8. Major: Linguistics 9.Code: 62 22 02 40
10. Academic supervisors: Prof. Dr. Nguyen Duc Ton
11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis
- In addition to building a theoretical framework of lexicon, lexical meanings, lexical-semantic fields, the phenomenon of transforming fields, the thesis also defines the concept of "lyrics", "revolutionary songs" to identify and accurately select the materials surveyed. In particular, the thesis presents and explains its own point of view on "symbolic meaning" to serve as a research basis.
- The thesis investigates 175 revolutionary songs in the period 1945-1975 and obtains 2,583 words used with a total of 13,897 times and separated into 8 lexical-semantic fields; shows the hierarchy, interference, distributional characteristics, semantic function of words in each field.
- The thesis listed 826 words with the lexical-semantic field transformed with a total frequency of 2,650 appearances; discovered and specifically pointed out metaphor and metonymy were two typical means of transforming meaning, which lead to the lexical-semantic field transformation of words; analyzed and explained the ability to express the meaning of a word in the new lexical – semantic field transformed.
- The thesis analyzed and specifically described every meaning of four typical words with high frequency of use as literary aesthetic signals - that is: heart (heart), road, spring, fire; analyzed the influencing factors, the mechanism of forming the symbolic meaning and the unique and specific points of the words used in the revolutionary songs in the period 1945 - 1975.
- The thesis has pointed out the typical characteristics of the lexicons- semantics, the content of reflection, the image of the central character in the Vietnamese revolutionary songs in the period 1945 - 1975. In particular, the thesis has pointed out factors affecting cognitive characteristics, the way of life expression, especially the artistic tactics depicting Vietnamese people in revolutionary songs in the period 1945 - 1975.
12. Practical applicability: The research results of the thesis can be used as a reference for learning, researching or teaching Vietnamese in schools; a useful reference material for musicians and singers to improve the quality of language use in song creation and performance; is a useful document for teaching music composition theory, music criticism; vocal teaching techniques in schools, music institutes, and cultural and arts centers throughout the country.
13. Further research directions: Research on language in Vietnamese revolutionary songs in the period 1945 - 1975 in terms of phonetics, pragmatics and grammar.
14. Thesis-related publications:
1. Nguyen Thi Thuy Ha (2019), The Symbolic Meaning of the word “heart" in the Songs of Vietnamese Revolutionary Songs 1945 – 1975, Language Magazine (8 + 9), pp. 135-147.
2. Nguyen Thi Thuy Ha (2019), "Images of Vietnamese people through the lexical-semantic field of people in lyrics of Vietnamese revolutionary songs in the period 1945 - 1975", Language magazine (11), pp. 64-80.
3. Nguyen Thi Thuy Ha (2020) "Some symbolic meanings of the word “fire” in the Vietnamese Revolutionary Songs in the period 1945 - 1975", Journal of Military Culture and Art (36), pp. 47-49.
4. Nguyen Thi Thuy Ha (2021), "The Symbolic Meaning of the Word “Spring” (Spring) in the Vietnamese Revolutionary Songs in the period 1945 - 1975", Journal of Military Arts (961), pp. 96-101.
