TTLV: Characteristics of nicknames of children in Hanoi

MASTER'S THESIS INFORMATION

1. Student's full name: PHAM THU HUYEN 2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: September 23, 1989

4. Place of birth: Hong Phong - Dong Trieu - Quang Ninh

5. Decision on recognition of students No.: 2797/2012/QD-XHNV-SDH, dated December 28,

2012 by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University

6. Changes in training process: No

(record the forms of change and the corresponding time)

7. Thesis topic: Characteristics of nicknames of children in Hanoi

8. Major: Linguistics; Code: 60 22 02 40

9. Scientific instructor: (Clearly state scientific title, academic degree, full name and organization)

Prof. Dr. NGUYEN VAN KHANG – INSTITUTE OF LINGUISTICS

10. Summary of the results of the thesis: (summarize the results of the thesis, emphasizing

new results if any)

The thesis after conducting research, survey, analysis of structural and semantic characteristics,

reasons and uses and social issues related to nicknames

The thesis obtained the following results:

A. In terms of origin, nicknames are pure Vietnamese words that account for a large number. Next are the

words of Indo-European origin and finally words of Chinese origin. Loanwords of the original

Indo-European in Vietnamese is used by Vietnamese people in a very rich, diverse and unique way.

B. In terms of form, nicknames are made up of words (single words) and compound words. Compound words

Compound words are divided into reduplicated words and compound words. Compound words are divided into smaller parts.

based on syntactic relationships into independent words and main and subordinate words. Next based on

Adjective class to divide main and secondary words into noun-noun and noun-adjective.

C. In terms of meaning, nicknames are divided into 4 large groups: group 1 only means

group 2 is the phenomena of natural and social processes; group 3 is the special group

names of people and activities; and group 4 is a special group of nicknames.

In which, nicknames are the names of animals or plants that make up the majority because of their

close, rustic, simple, lovely, approachable to show loveliness, funny

as well as wishes conveyed through these lovely animals.

D. In terms of lexical and grammatical characteristics, nicknames are divided into lexical groups:

(1) Nicknames are nouns; (2) Nicknames are verbs; (3) Nicknames are adjectives; (4)

nicknames are adverbs; and (5) nicknames are numerals.

E. In terms of diversity in meaning, nicknames are divided into: (1) nicknames associated with

family members; (2) nicknames associated with the child; and (3) “easy to raise” nicknames. In

That is, nicknames express the wishes of family members and the nicknames

Names associated with children's physical/personality characteristics are more common.

F. Gender distinction in nicknames is not an easy issue to determine in English.

Vietnamese, because these nicknames are often given randomly, according to preferences with the purpose of

convey feelings or simply because of a certain preference of the person naming.

G. Foreign languages ​​are increasingly used to nickname children. In addition to

English, French, Russian, Korean, Japanese, Lao,...

H. Although not used as widely and formally as the main name, the nickname

The name for children is used quite early (possibly before/during/after birth and even

cases prescribed before pregnancy), more common in the first years of life

and gradually become less used or disappear, depending on the subject.

The research results in the thesis are initial efforts in the research.

nicknames in general or other types of names in Vietnam. Through that, learn more about the child

people and traditional culture of Vietnamese people in naming. From there, it serves as a document for

scholars who want to study more Vietnamese names as well as people, culture

Vietnamese culture and society.

11. Practical application: (if any)

One of the most important and practical features of the thesis is that it can be used to

Get good, suitable names that bring good things to the owner of the name.

12. Further research directions: (if any)

- Research to expand the subject of the thesis, for example: "Characteristics of children's nicknames"

- Research to expand the scope of the thesis, for example "Characteristics of children's nicknames

Vietnamese in terms of vocabulary - semantics - grammar"

- Comparative research, such as "Comparison of characteristics of nicknames of Vietnamese children

with the nickname of children in England”

Comparative research, such as “Characteristics of Vietnamese children's nicknames in relation to

connection with other social sciences”

- Applied research, such as "Characteristics of Vietnamese children's nicknames in behavior"

13. Published works related to the thesis: (list works in order)

from time if available)

Reasons for nicknames for children in Hanoi.

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: PHAM THU HUYEN 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: September 23, 19894. Place of birth: QuangNinh province

5. Admission decision number: 2797/2012/QD-XHNV-SDH, dated December 28, 2012

6. Changes in academic process:(List the forms of change and corresponding times)None

7. Official thesis title: Features of children's nicknames in Hanoi

8. Major: Linguistics9. Code: 60 22 02 40

10. Supervisor(s):(Full name, academic title and degree)

Prof. Dr. NGUYEN VAN KHANG – Institute of Linguistics

11. Summary of the findings of the thesis:(Summarize them with stress on thenew findings, if any)

After investigating and analyzing the structure – meaning, as well as the usages and social issues related to the naming nicknames, our thesis has acquired the following results:

1. In terms of the origin, nicknames, which are native Vietnamese words, are major. The next type is words which are originated from Indian – European languages ​​and the left is Sino-Vietnamese words. The borrowed words form Indian – European languages ​​are used in diversity and special ways.
2. In terms of formality, nicknames are composed of words (single words) and composite words. Composite words are divided into compound words and reduplicative words. Compound words are divided into coordinate compound and subordinate compound. In subordinate compound, there are the cooperation of nouns - nouns, compound nouns - adjectives, compound nouns - verbs,...
3. In terms of meaning, nicknames are divided into 4 groups: Group 1 is things in general; Group 2 is the phenomenon of natural and social process; Group 3 is the things that belong to human being; and Group 4 is the special group. In which, the number of nicknames in group 1 are major because it is simple, adorable, friendly as well as expressing the desires of name given.
4. In terms of lexicon and grammar, nicknames are divided into 5 groups: (1) nicknames are nouns; (2) nicknames are verbs; (3) nicknames are adjectives; (4) nicknames are adverbs; and (5) nicknames are numbers.
5. In the diversity of meanings, nicknames are divided into: (1) nicknames are related to family; (2) nicknames are related to the children themselves; and (3) nicknames are expressing the opinion of “easy to grow up”. In which, the most popular nicknames are ones that express the family members' desires and children's appearances or characteristics.
6. It is not easy to distinguish the gender of children's nicknames in Vietnam because they are named randomly according to one's preferences or desires conveyed in these nicknames.
7. Foreign languages ​​are more and more widely used as names for children. Besides English, there are French, Russian, Korean, Japanese, Laotian,…
8. Although nicknames are not used as widely and officially as full-name, they are used popularly in the early stage of one's life (they are probably named before/ in/ after giving birth), unpopular in the next stage and possibly gone away in the next years.

These results are preliminary efforts in researching nicknames in Vietnam. Based on this, we have more chances to understand more about Vietnamese traditional culture in naming. This is also a reliable document for the next scholars researching about Vietnamese names as well as society and culture.

12. Practical applicability, if any:

The most practical and important application of the thesis is that finding a propitious and meaningful for each person.

13. Further research directions, if any: Our research can be implemented in many further directions:

- Further research objectives such as “Features of Vietnamese children's nicknames”

- Further research scale such as “Features of Vietnamese children's nicknames in terms of lexicon – meaning – grammar.

- Comparative researches such as “Comparative features of Vietnamese children's nicknames and British children's nicknames”.

- Applied research such as “Features of Vietnamese children's nickname in practice”.

14. Thesis-related publications:(List them in chronological order)

Reasons for naming children's nicknames in Hanoi