1. Full name of PhD student: Nguyen Thuy Duong 2. Gender: female
3. Date of birth: August 6, 1984 4. Place of birth: Hanoi
5. Decision on recognition of PhD students: Decision No. 2775/2020/QD-XHNV dated December 31, 2020 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
6. Changes during the training process: Adjust the thesis topic name from "Comparative study of Korean - Vietnamese idioms with 4 elements (semantic, socio-cultural aspects)" to "Comparative study of Korean - Vietnamese idioms with 4 elements (socio-cultural aspects)" according to Decision No. 2095/QD-XHNV dated April 25, 2024 of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU Hanoi.
7. Thesis topic: Comparative study of Korean - Vietnamese four-element idioms (social and cultural semantic aspects)
8. Major: Comparative Linguistics 9. Code: 9229020.03
10. Scientific advisors: Prof. Le Quang Thiem; Dr. Tran Thi Huong
11. Summary of new results of the thesis:
11.1. Purpose and research objects of the thesis
11.1.1. Research objectives of the thesis
Conduct comparative research
on the meaning of idioms (limited to the scope of four-element idioms) to see the similarities and differences in thinking and in the linguistic life of the people of Vietnam and Korea. The research is limited to two social and cultural aspects because these are two important aspects that need to be clarified because they are closely related to people's daily life. The research results serve the training and research activities of Korean language and culture in Vietnam. At the same time, it contributes more useful reference materials to the field of Korean - Vietnamese language comparison.We consider this research as a case study.
11.1.2. Research object of the thesis
The research object of the thesis is the socio-cultural semantic aspect of idioms, but it is limited to the scope of four-component idioms and compared in the direction of Korean four-component idioms as the basic material, Vietnamese four-component idioms as the corresponding material and content.used to compare and highlight the characteristics of Korean.
11.2. Research methods used
Because the research object (four-component idiom) is a special unit in two languages with different typological characteristics, we first collected, investigated the data, assembled, and then classified the four-component idioms with social meaning and the four-component idioms with cultural meaning. After classifying into two groups of meaning as above, we applied the method of analyzing and describing the meaning of the idiom; used the method of comparison - contrast to determine similarities and differences; applied statistical techniques, created tables, diagrams, and presented the results of the comparative analysis.
11.3. Main results and conclusions
11.3.1. Main results
Through the theoretical framework of idioms (focusing on four-component idioms) together with the theory of semantics and the overview of the research situation in Chapter 1, we have approached the research on the semantic content of four-component idioms - a special linguistic unit in Korean and Vietnamese. Based on the theoretical basis in Chapter 1, we compare and contrast Korean - Vietnamese four-component idioms at the socio-semantic level in Chapter 2 and the cultural-semantic level in Chapter 3.
In chapter 2, the thesis focuses on studying the meaning of Korean four-element idioms (compared with Vietnamese) based on the socio-semantic aspect with 4 content areas: (1) Social reality; (2) Social organization relations; (3) Family relations; (4) Law.
In chapter 3, the thesis focuses on studying the meaning of Korean four-element idioms (compared with Vietnamese) based on the cultural semantics aspect with 4 content areas: (1) Behavioral culture; (2) Ideological culture; (3) Culture of customs and practices; (4) Culture of beliefs and religions.
Based on the results of quantitative surveys, we delve into the meaning analysis of a few representative cases (case studies) for each sub-field of the idiom's reflective content. From there, we find similarities and differences in the Korean-Vietnamese socio-semantic content selected for comparison expressed through the four-element idiom.
11.3.2. Conclusion
In the process of teaching and researching Korean language and culture, the author himself realized that there is still a range of knowledge content that has not been thoroughly exploited in teaching - learning and research. That is the four-element idiom - a special language unit in the language treasure of each country. Through the research results of this thesis, we have a reliable source of reference materials to be able to include in teaching about the linguistic characteristics as well as the cultural and social characteristics of Korea in relation and comparison with Vietnam.
12. Further research directions:
In this thesis, the author found that there are still some issues that need to be studied and researched further, such as: it is necessary to survey the usage situation and frequency of use of four-component idioms in the daily communication of Koreans and Vietnamese. From there, a list of frequently used four-component idioms is created, associated with the context of use. This helps to improve the effectiveness of learning and applying idioms in life, thereby helping to improve learners' language proficiency. This is also the research direction that we will continue to aim for in the future.
13. Publications related to the thesis:
-Nguyen Thuy Duong (2023), “Overview of research on Korean four-component idioms”, Korean Journal (2/45), ISSN 2354 – 0621, pp.19-29.
-Nguyen Thuy Duong (2023), “A case study of four-element Korean-Vietnamese idioms reflecting social reality”, Proceedings of the international scientific conference “Teaching English for specific purpose: perspective, polices and practices”, Hanoi National University Publishing House, ISBN 978-604-369-478-9, pp.255-263.
-Nguyen Thuy Duong (2023), “The culture of behavior in husband-wife relationships reflected through four-element Korean-Vietnamese idioms (A case study based on the semantic aspect)”, Proceedings of the international scientific conference “Teaching English for specific purpose: perspective, polices and practices”, Hanoi National University Publishing House, ISBN 978-604-369-478-9, pp.264-269.
-Nguyen Thuy Duong (2024), “Ethical standards in Korean-Vietnamese society are reflected through the semantics of four-component idioms”, Journal of Foreign Studies (5/40), ISSN 2525 – 2445, pp.75-85.
- Nguyen Thuy Duong (2024), “A case study of four-element Korean-Vietnamese idioms reflecting the way of state management and administration”, Korean Journal (1/48), ISSN 2354 – 0621, pp.40-49.
-Nguyen Thuy Duong (2024), “Korean – Vietnamese four-syllable Idioms reflecting customs and practices”, Proceedings of the international scientific conference “19th NEU-KKU International Conference on Socio-economic and Environment issues in Development”, ISBN 978-604-79-4446-0, pp.3227-3239.
INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS
1. Full name: NGUYEN THUY DUONG
2. Sex: female
3. Date of birth: August 6th, 1984
4. Place of birth: Hanoi
5. Amission decision number 2775/2020/QD-XHNV dated December 31, 2020 by University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
6. Changes in academic prcess: Change in thesis title from “A contrastive analysis of Four-Element Korean-Vietnamese Idioms (Semantic and Socio-Cultural Aspects)” to “A contrastive analysis of Four-Element Korean-Vietnamese Idioms (Social Semantics and Cultural Semantics)” according to decision number 2095/QD-XHNV, dated April 25, 2024 by University of Society Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
7. Officical thesis title: Comparative study of Korean and Vietnamese four-element idioms (social and cultural semantic aspects)
8. Major: Contrastive - comparative Linguistics
9. Code: 9229020.03
10. Supervisors: Prof. Le Quang Thiem, Dr. Tran Thi Huong
11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis
11.1. Purpose and research object of the thesis
11.1.1. Research purpose of the thesis
The thesis conducts a comparative study on the meanings of idioms (limited to four-element idioms) to see the similarities and differences in the thinking and linguistic life of Korean and Vietnamese. The research focuses on two aspects: social and cultural because these are two important aspects that need to be clarified because they are closely related to people's daily lives. Research results serve Korean language and culture training and research activities in Vietnam. At the same time, contribute more useful reference sources to the field of Korean - Vietnamese language comparison. We consider this study as a case study.
11.1.2. Research object of the thesis
The research object of the thesis is the social and cultural semantic aspect of idioms, but is limited to the scope of four-element idioms and the comparison of Korean four-element idioms as the basic corpus. Vietnamese four-element idioms are the corresponding language and content used to compare and highlight the characteristics and characteristics of Korean.
11.2. Research methods
Because the research object (four-element idiom) is a special unit in two languages with different typological characteristics, we first collected and investigated the corpus, then compiled it, classify four-element idioms which meaning content reflects society and four-element idioms which meaning content reflects culture. After classifying into two groups of meaning content as above, we apply the method of analyzing and describing the meaning of idioms; Use the compare-contrast method to identify similarities and differences; Apply statistical techniques, create tables and diagrams, and present comparative analysis results.
11.3. Major results and conclusions
11.3.1. Major results
Through the theoretical framework of idioms (focus on four-element idioms) along with the theory of semantics and an overview of the research situation in Chapter 1, we have approached the study of the semantic content of four-element idioms - a special linguistic unit in Korean and Vietnamese. Based on the theoretical basis in Chapter 1, we compare and contrast Korean - Vietnamese four-element idioms at the socio-semantic level in chapter 2 and at the cultural semantic level in chapter 3.
In chapter 2, the thesis focuses on researching the meaning of four-element idioms in Korean (compared with Vietnamese) based on the socio-semantic aspect with 04 content areas: (1) Social reality; (2) Social organization relations; (3) Family relationships; (4) Law.
In chapter 3, the thesis focuses on researching the meaning of four- element idioms in Korean (compared with Vietnamese) based on the cultural semantic aspect with 4 content areas: (1) Cultural behavior; (2) Ideological culture; (3) Customs and practices; (4) Beliefs and religion.
Based on the results of quantitative surveys, we analyze the meaning of a few representative cases (case studies) for each sub-field of reflective content of idioms. From there, find the similarities and differences in the selected Korean and Vietnamese socio-semantic content expressed through four-element idioms.
11.3.2. Conclusions
In the process of teaching and researching Korean language and Korean culture, the author realized that there is still a range of content knowledge that has not been thoroughly exploited in teaching, learning and research. That is the four-element idioms - a special linguistic unit in the linguistic treasure of each country. Through the research results of this thesis, we have a reliable source of reference materials that can be included in teaching about the linguistic characteristics as well as the cultural and social characteristics of Korea in relation to contact and comparison with Vietnam.
12. Future research directions
In this thesis, the author identifies several issues that require further exploration and in-depth study, such as investigating the usage and frequency of four-element idioms in the daily communication of Koreans and Vietnamese. Based on this, a compilation of frequently used four-element idioms along with their usage contexts should be created. This will enhance the effectiveness of learning and applying idioms in real-life situations, thereby improving learners' language proficiency. This is also the research direction that we aim to pursue in the future.
13. Thesis-related publications
- Nguyen Thuy Duong (2023), “Overview of the research situation on Korean four-element idioms”, Journal of Korean Studies (2/45), ISSN 2354 – 0621, pp.19-29.
- Nguyen Thuy Duong (2023), “A case study of four-element Korean-Vietnamese idioms reflecting social reality”, Proceedings of the international scientific conference “Teaching English for specific purpose: perspective, polices and practices”, Vietnam National University, ISBN 978-604-369-478-9, pp.255-263.
- Nguyen Thuy Duong (2023), “The culture of behavior in husband-wife reflects reflected through four-element Korean-Vietnamese idioms (A case study based on the aspect semantics)”, Proceedings of the international scientific conference “Teaching English for specific purpose: perspective, polices and practices”, Vietnam National University, ISBN 978-604-369-478-9, pp.264-269.
- Nguyen Thuy Duong (2024), “Moral standards in Korean - Vietnamese society are reflected through the semantics of four-element idiomatic units”, VNU Journal of Foreign Studies (5/40), ISSN 2525 – 2445, pp.75-85.
- Nguyen Thuy Duong (2024), “Case study of Korean-Vietnamese four-element idiom with content reflecting the way of state management and administration”, Journal of Korean Studies (1/48), ISSN 2354 – 0621, pp.40-49.
- Nguyen Thuy Duong (2024), “Korean – Vietnamese four-syllable Idioms reflecting customs and practices”, Proceedings of the international scientific conference “19th NEU-KKU International Conference on Socio-economic and Environment issues in Development”, ISBN 978-604-79-4446-0, pp.3227-3239.
