Thesis information "Semantic characteristics of words expressing Vietnamese wedding customs (compared with British)" by HVCH Vu Linh Chi, majoring in Linguistics.1. Full name of student: Vu Linh Chi 2. Gender: Female 3. Date of birth: December 7, 1977 4. Place of birth: Hanoi 5. Decision to recognize student No. 2551 / 2007 / QD-XHNV-KH&SĐH dated November 2, 2007 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities. 6. Changes in the training process 7. Thesis topic name: Semantic characteristics of words expressing Vietnamese wedding customs (compared with the British). 8. Major: Linguistics 9. Code: 60 22 01 10. Scientific supervisor: Prof. Dr. Nguyen Duc Ton - Institute of Linguistics. 11. Summary of the results of the thesis The thesis studies the semantic characteristics of words expressing Vietnamese wedding customs in comparison with the British. Wedding customs exist in all ethnic groups in the world. However, there are differences between ethnic groups. And not everyone can fully understand the meanings of those customs. Therefore, studying the words that express the wedding customs of Vietnamese and English people will help to understand some of the cultural characteristics of the two native communities. The thesis contributes to opening up directions and approaches to current issues of ethnolinguistic psychology such as the correlation between linguistic and non-linguistic behavior of individuals belonging to different cultural communities and the mutual relationship between language and thinking. Besides, it also helps to compile bilingual English-Vietnamese explanatory and comparative dictionaries. In addition, the research results can also be applied in teaching Vietnamese and English as a foreign language. Because teaching or learning a language as a foreign language is not only teaching and learning how to use that language but also teaching and learning how to think as well as knowledge about the cultural and historical traditions of the people who speak that language. Through the presentations in three chapters, the thesis draws some comments and conclusions about the nomenclature, semantic structure and symbolic meaning of the names of phenomena related to wedding customs in Vietnamese and English, as well as the thinking characteristics of the two native communities. The research results of the thesis also contribute more evidence to confirm the universal and general conclusions that Nguyen Duc Ton stated in his monograph based on other lexical-semantic fields such as: names of animals, plants, body parts, etc. 12. Practical applicability The research results of the thesis can be applied in compiling dictionaries, in teaching Vietnamese and English as a foreign language, in compiling textbooks on cultural studies. 13. Further research directions 14. Published works related to the thesis: None
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1. Full name : Vu Linh Chi 2. Sex: Female 3. Date of birth: December 7, 1977 4. Place of birth: Ha Noi 5. Admission decision number: 2551QD-XHNV-KH& SĐH. Dated: November 2nd, 2007 6. Changes in academic process: None 7. Official thesis title: Characteristics Words Expressing Wedding Customs of Vietnamese People (Compared to English) 8. Major: Linguistics 9. Code: 60 22 01 10. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Nguyen Duc Ton from Institute of Linguistics – Vietnam 11. Summary of the findings of the thesis: This thesis aims at researching semantic characteristics of words expressing wedding customs of Vietnamese people (compared to English). Wedding customs exist in many countries all around the world. However, these customs differ across cultures around the world and not everyone can fully understand what is meant by these words. Thus, an understanding of words expressing wedding customs of Vietnamese and English people will provide a better knowledge of cultural characteristics of both nations. In addition, the thesis paves the way to new directions and approaches to current issues of psycho-linguistics of human groups such as the correlation between verbal and non-verbal behavior of individuals who belong to different cultural groups and interactive relations between language and mind. Besides, this thesis can be used as reference materials for dictionary compilation and teaching Vietnamese or English as a foreign language because in learning a language, it is important not only to learn how to use a language but also to learn how to think in that language and to acquire knowledge of the traditional culture and history of the people who speak that language as their native language. Through this content, the writer of this thesis has drawn some conclusions on characteristics of nomination, semantic structure and symbolic meanings of Vietnamese and English wedding custom phenomena as well as characteristics of ways of thinking by both nations. The findings of this thesis have also provided more evidences to support the generalized and fundamental conclusions by Nguyen Duc Ton in his specialist research on names of animals, plants, parts of human body etc. 12. Practical applicability: This thesis may serve as useful references for dictionary compilation as well as teaching Vietnamese or English as a foreign language. 13. Further research directions, if any: None 14. Thesis-related publications: None
