TTLV: Characteristics of abbreviations in Vietnamese and Thai

1. Student's full name:Malada Ekkhamphan

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: November 30, 1991

4. Place of birth: KhonKhean Hospital, Thailand

5. Student recognition decision No. 4217/QD-XHNV dated December 13, 2016 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU Hanoi.

6. Changes in training process: no

7. Thesis topic name: Characteristics of abbreviations in Vietnamese and Thai.

8. Major: Linguistics Code:16 03 54 06

9. Scientific advisor: Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Khang, Institute of Linguistics, Vietnam.

10. Summary of thesis results:

This thesis is a case study of the study of abbreviations in Vietnamese and Thai in some online newspapers. From there, the thesis compares the abbreviations in Thai and Vietnamese, contributing to the study of abbreviations in language.

The thesis uses statistical methods, classification methods, and linguistic descriptive methods.

The thesis has compiled a list of abbreviations appearing in two online newspapers in Vietnamese and Thai. From there, the thesis examines the characteristics of these abbreviations and compares them, pointing out the similarities and differences between them.

The research results of the thesis contribute to the study of the phenomenon of language abbreviations in Vietnamese and Thai.

11. Practical application:

The research results of the thesis can help to improve the language usage of online newspapers in both Thai and Vietnamese; help readers to more easily recognize abbreviations appearing in Vietnamese and Thai newspapers; can be applied in teaching Vietnamese to Thai people and teaching Thai to Vietnamese people.

12. Published works related to the thesis: None

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name:Malada Ekkhamphan2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: November 30, 1993 4. Place of birth: KhonKhean hospital, Thailand

5. Admission decision number: 4217/QD-XHNV on December 13, 2016 by the Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi – Vietnam National University.

6. Changes in academic process: None

7. Official thesis title:Characteristics of phenomena abbreviated in Vietnamese and Thai.

8. Major: Linguistics Code:16 03 54 06

9. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Khang, Institute of Linguistics, Vietnam.

10. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

This thesis aims to investigate the abbreviations phenomena in Vietnamese and Thai in various online newspapers. Thus, this thesis will compare the abbreviations phenomena in Vietnamese and Thai language, whose findings will contribute to the research on shortened forms of words or phrases in the field of linguistics.

The thesis applies statistical, classification, and linguistics description methods.

The thesis has noted frequent words that are abbreviated in two online Thai and Vietnamese newspapers, then analyzes features of these abbreviations to contrast and pinpoint the similarities and differences.

The findings of this thesis will make contributions to the research of the abbreviations phenomena of linguistics in Thai and Vietnamese.

11. Practical applicability, if any:

The findings are likely to benefit the improvement of language uses in Thai and Vietnamese online newspapers, to help browsers less intricate in contained the use of abbreviated words in the Thai and Vietnamese publications, and to apply in teaching Vietnamese for Thai people and Thai for Vietnamese.

12. Thesis-related publications: None