TTLA: Comparative study of Vietnamese - English cultural vocabulary semantics (based on documents of some word groups)

1. Full name of PhD student: NGUYEN LIEN HUONG 2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: February 19, 1988 4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Decision on recognition of PhD students No. 3202/QD-SDH dated November 8, 2010 of the Director of VNU, Hanoi.

6. Changes in training process: No

7. Thesis topic: Comparative study of Vietnamese - English cultural vocabulary semantics (based on documents of some word groups)

8. Major: Comparative Linguistics 9. Code: 62 22 01 10

10. Instructor: Prof. Dr. Le Quang Thiem

11. Summary of new results of the thesis:

- The thesis has presented an overview of domestic and foreign research directions related to the meaning of words in relation to culture, studied the semantic comparison of cultural vocabulary between Vietnamese and English, and at the same time, established a framework for comparing cultural vocabulary.

- Analyze and compare the semantics of two typical cultural vocabulary groups: with real-life references and without real-life references between Vietnamese and English.

- Identify and highlight the similarities and differences on the linguistic level (the semantic level) and the cultural level (characteristics of social life, life philosophy, way of thinking...) between the two groups of cultural vocabulary of the communities using these two native languages.

12. Practical application:

In practice, understanding the similarities and differences in terms of language and culture between the Vietnamese and English-speaking communities will contribute to increasing the effectiveness of language use and cultivating Vietnamese not only for teaching native speakers but also for foreigners learning Vietnamese. On that basis, the research results of the thesis not only provide materials for studying the cultural identity of the Vietnamese and English people but also make practical contributions to explaining and analyzing bilingual translation issues (Vietnamese - English).

13. Further studies:

In the future, the author of the thesis can continue to conduct more in-depth research on cultural vocabulary semantics between Vietnamese word groups compared with English. At the same time, it is possible to conduct comparative research on cultural vocabulary semantics between many different languages ​​to have a more comprehensive view of the linguistic and cultural characteristics between ethnic groups.

14. Published works related to the thesis:

- Nguyen Lien Huong (2016), “Lexical semantics of wordsdragonandcentaurin Vietnamese on the basis of comparison with English", Proceedings of the Scientific Conference on Preserving the Purity of Vietnamese and Language Education in SchoolsVol.1, pp.220-225.

- Nguyen Lien Huong (2017), "Comparing the semantic capacity and cultural elements of words"homeand fromhouse”,Journal of Lexicography & Encyclopedia(49), pp.121-127

- Nguyen Lien Huong (2017), “Lexical semantics of wordslandandwaterin Vietnamese in comparison with English",Language & Life Magazine(262), pp.60-65.

- Nguyen Lien Huong (2017), "A comparative approach to cultural vocabulary semantics through keywords",Culture and Arts Magazine(398), pp.35-39.

INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Candidate's full name: NGUYEN LIEN HUONG 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: February 19, 1988 4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Admission decision number: 3202/QD-SDH, November 8^th, 2010 by President of Vietnam National University, Hanoi

6. Changes in academic process: None

7. Official thesis title: To compare cultural and lexical semantics of Vietnamese and English cultural keywords (based on some group of words)

8. Major: Contrastive – comparative Linguistics 9. Code: 62 22 01 10

10. Supervisors: Prof. PhD. Le Quang Thiem

11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

- Our thesis has presented an overview of word's meaning in the relationship with culture in Vietnamese and international study, compared cultural and lexical semantics of Vietnamese and English cultural keywords, and also established a framework to compare cultural keywords.

- Contrasted and compared two groups: the semantics of cultural keywords with specific references and the semantics of cultural keywords with non-specific references between Vietnamese and English.

- Identified and highlighted the similarities and differences on the linguistic (characteristics of semantics) and culture (characteristics of social life, perceptions, thinking...) between two cultural keyword groups of Vietnamese and England community.

12. Practical applicability, if any:

In practice, the clear understanding of the similarities and differences in language and culture of the communities using Vietnamese and English will contribute to improving the effectiveness of using language, to advance using Vietnamese language not only for teaching Vietnamese for Vietnamese persons, but also for foreigners to study Vietnamese language. From that base, the thesis' results not only provide the documentation for doing research about cultural identities of Vietnamesese and England commnities but also have practical contribution to the interpretation and analysis of bilingual translation (Vietnamsese-English).

13. Further research directions, if any:

In the future, the author of the thesis will go deeper in contrasting cultural and lexical semantics of keywords between Vietnamese and English. Simultaneously, we will do contrastive research about cultural and lexical semantics of keywords in other languages ​​and to have an overview of cultural and language identities between various communities.

14. Thesis-related publications:

- Nguyen Lien Huong (2016), “Lexical meaning ofdragonandcentaurin Vietnamese compared with English”,The summary record of conference Keeping pure of Vietnamese language and language training in schoolVol.1, pp.220-225.

- Nguyen Lien Huong (2017), “A contrast of content of meaning and cultural factors ofhometo that ofhouse”, Lexicography& Encyclopedia(49), pp.121-127.

- Nguyen Lien Huong (2017), “Lexical semantics oflandandwaterin Vietnamese compared with English”,Language and Life(262), pp.60-65.

- Nguyen Lien Huong (2017), “Research on contrasting cultural and lexical semantics through keywords”,Culture and Arts Magazine(398), pp.35-39.