TTLA: A comparative study of American and Vietnamese people's behavior in rejecting offers and invitations.

1. Candidate's full name:Vuong Thi Hai Yen2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: February 22, 1980 4. Place of birth: Tuyen Quang

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.

7. Thesis title:This study compares the behavior of Americans and Vietnamese in rejecting offers and invitations.

8. Specialization: Comparative Linguistics

9. Code: 62 22 0241

10. Scientific supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vu Thi Thanh Huong

11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

- The thesis has statistically described, analyzed, and compared the means of expressing strategies for refusing offers.refusing an offer) of Americans and Vietnamese, highlighting the similarities and differences between the two languages.

- The thesis has statistically described, analyzed, and compared the means of expressing strategies for refusing invitations.refusing an invitation) of Americans and Vietnamese, highlighting the similarities and differences between the two languages.

- The thesis investigated the impact of power and gender factors on the choice of strategies for declining invitations among Americans and Vietnamese.

12. Practical applications:

The research findings can be used as a reference for compiling Vietnamese language textbooks for foreigners, English textbooks for Vietnamese speakers, and in the field of translation, contributing to the preservation of the purity of the Vietnamese language.

13. Future research directions:

- Research non-verbal responses such as shaking the head, silence, frowning, grimacing, shrugging, and facial expressions of displeasure as alternatives to outright refusal in communication.

- The study examines expressions of refusing offers to do something for someone and declining invitations in natural language materials across various social contexts and communication styles, rather than focusing solely on Vietnamese literature, short stories, and television dramas, or foreign television dramas.

- Compare the choice of means of expression and the factors influencing the behavior of refusing offers and invitations with cases of refusing requests, pleas, or demands for someone to do something for oneself.

14. Published works related to the dissertation:

[1] Vuong Thi Hai Yen (2017), “Behavior of refusing offers from Americans and Vietnamese”,Language and Life Magazine (12), pp. 67-73.

[2] Vuong Thi Hai Yen (2017), “Lectile means of expressing direct refusal of an offer in English”,Journal of Lexicography and Encyclopedia (6),pp. 216-221.

[3] Vuong Thi Hai Yen (2017), “The act of directly refusing invitations from Americans and Vietnamese., National Scientific Conference on Research and Teaching of Literature in the Context of Innovation and Integration, Hanoi Pedagogical University 2, pp. 638-643.

[4] Vuong Thi Hai Yen (2018), “Means of expressing the behavior of directly refusing a Vietnamese person's offer”,Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities (4), Da Lat University Science Journal, pp. 77-89.

[5] Vuong Thi Hai Yen (2018), “The lexical means of expressing the direct refusal of an invitation from both Americans and Vietnamese.", Scientific Conference, Hung Vuong University, pp. 315-322.                                                           

INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name:Vuong Thi Hai Yen2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: February 22, 1980 4. Place of birth: Tuyen Quang

5. Admission decision number 2798/2012/QD-XHNV-SDH, dated on December 28^th, 2012 issued by the University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

6. Changes in academic process:

- The thesis has been extended in 2 years based on decision numbered 113/QD-XHNV, dated on January 15^th, 2016 and decision numbered 4617/ QD-XHNV, dated on December 29^th, 2016 signed by the president of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

7. Official thesis title:A cross-cultural research on the refusals of offers and invitations by native speakers of American English and Vietnamese

8. Major: Contrastive Linguistics

9. Code: 62 22 0241

10. Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Ph.D. Vu Thi Thanh Huong

11. Summary of new findings of the thesis:

- The thesis has listed, described and had contrastive analysis in details on using all formulas to express refusess of offers and its refuses strategies by native speakers of American English and Vietnamese to point out similarities and differences in two languages.

- The thesis has listed, described and had contrastive analysis in details on using all formulas to express refusess of invitations and its refuses strategies by native speakers of American English and Vietnamese to point out similarities and differences in two languages.

- The thesis has compared the impact of power and gender factor on the choice of strategies for rejecting invitations by native speakers of American English and Vietnamese.

12. Practical applicability:

- The research results partly contribute to compile Vietnamese language books for foreigners, English language books for the Vietnamese people, translation aspect as well as preserve the purity of Vietnamese.

13. Further research directions:

- Studying about non-verbal expressions of refusals such as head shaking, silence, frowning, shrugging, and facial expressions instead of verbal expressions in communication.

- Studying utterances of refusal offers or invitations in natural language materials appearing in many social contexts with different communication respondents, instead of in literature, short stories, Vietnamese dramas, foreign television films.

- Comparing the choices of expressing formulas and factors towards refusals of offers and invitations with those of demands, requests and proposals.

14. Thesis-related publications:

[1] Vuong Thi Hai Yen (2017), “The speech act of refusing of offers by American native speakers of English and Vietnamese”,Journal of Language and LifeVolume 12, pp. 67-73

[2] Vuong Thi Hai Yen (2017), “Semantic formulas of expressions direct refusals of offers in English”,Journal of Vietnam Institute of Lexicography and EncyclopediaVolume 6, pp. 216-221.

[3] Vuong Thi Hai Yen (2017), “The speech act of direct refusal of invitations byAmerican English native speakers and Vietnamese”, National Scientific Conference on Research and Literature teaching in the context of innovation and integration, Hanoi Pedagogical University 2, pp.638-643.

[4] Vuong Thi Hai Yen (2018), “Expressing formulas of direct refusals of offers by Vietnamese”,Social science and Humanities (4), Dalat University Journal of Science, pp.77-89.

[5] Vuong Thi Hai Yen (2018), “Semantic formulas of expressions direct refusals ofinvitationSbyAmerican native speakers of English and Vietnamese”, Hung Vuong University's scientific conference, pp.315-322.