1. Student's name: Wantanee Nachaingern
2. Gender: Female
3. Date of birth: January 7, 1995
4. Place of birth: Kalasin, Thailand
5. Student recognition decision No. 2872/QD-XHNV dated November 3, 2017 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
6. Changes in training process: No
7. Thesis topic: Comparing fixed expressions with the meaning of compliments and criticisms in Vietnamese and Thai.
8. Major: Linguistics; Code: 60 22 02 40
9. Scientific advisor: Dr. Vo Thi Minh Ha, Faculty of Linguistics (University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU), Vietnam.
10. Summary of the results of the thesis: Firstly, the thesis has surveyed fixed expressions and idioms with the meaning of compliments and criticism in Vietnamese and Thai through the Vietnamese and Thai dictionaries and the dictionary of proverbs and idioms in Vietnamese and Thai. Thereby, the thesis has collected fixed expressions and idioms with the meaning of compliments and criticism, serving the research on practical errors and related issues.
Second, the thesis analyzed and compared the structures of fixed expressions and idiomatic expressions with the meaning of compliments and criticisms in Vietnamese and Thai. From there, the thesis analyzed the structures of nouns and verbs and compared and contrasted the structures to clarify the similarities and differences between the two languages.
Third, the thesis analyzed and compared the semantics and usage of fixed expressions and idioms with the meaning of compliments and criticisms in Vietnamese and Thai. Thereby, it expanded and clarified the values of language, culture, way of thinking and similarities and differences between the two peoples of Vietnam and Thailand.
11. Practical application:
The topic helps to solve the difficulties and errors of learners in using fixed expressions and idioms with the meaning of compliments and criticisms in Vietnamese and Thai. And contributes to clarifying the cultural identity of each nation; in practice, it will also be a database contributing to the teaching and learning of fixed expressions and idioms in Vietnamese and Thai.
12. Further research directions: Vietnamese language and culture
Dr. Vo Thi Minh Ha
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
1. Full name: Wantanee Nachaingern
2. Sex: Female
3. Date of birth: 07/01/1995
4. Place of birth: Kalasin, Thailand
5. Admission decision number: No 2872/QD-XHNV Dated: November 3, 2017 by The Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
6. Changes in academic process: No
7. Official thesis title: Contrast analysis of complimenting and criticizing fixed- expressions in Vietnamese and Thai
8. Major: Linguistics Code: 60 22 02 40
9. Supervisor: Vo Thi Minh Ha. Ph.D
10. Summary of the findings of the thesis:
Firstly, the thesis examines fixed-expressions and idioms which contain complementing and critical meanings in Vietnamese and Thai language through Vietnamese and Thai dictionaries of proverbs and idioms. Thereby, the thesis gathers complementing and criticizing fixed-expressions and idioms, serving the study of practical errors and related issues. Secondly, the thesis analyzes and compares the structures of fixed-expressions and idioms conveying complimenting and criticizing meaning in Vietnamese and Thai. From those results, the thesis analyzes the structures of nominal phrase and verbs phrase, compares and contrasts those structures to identify the similarities and differences between the two languages. Thirdly, the thesis examines and compares the semantics and the usage of complementing-and-criticizing-meaning fixed- expressions and idioms in Vietnamese and Thai; thereby expanding and clarifying the language values, cultures, and ways of thinking, the similarities and differences between the two peoples of Vietnam and Thailand.
11. Practical applicability, if any:
The topic helps to tackle the difficulties as well as fix the errors of learners when using fixed-expressions and idioms which contain complimenting and criticizing meanings in Vietnamese and Thai. Additionally, it clarifies the cultural identity of each nation and is also a database contributing to the teaching and learning of Vietnamese and Thai fixed-expressions and idioms.
12. Further research directions, if any: Vietnamese language and culture
