1. Student's full name: Soudsadachanh PHAIMANY
2. Gender: Female
3. Date of birth: September 16, 1984
4. Place of birth: Vientiane Capital, Laos
5. Student recognition decision No. 2175/QD-XHNV-DT dated November 23, 2019 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 idioms to evaluate people in Lao and Vietnamese
8. Major: Linguistics; Code: 8229020.01
9. Scientific advisor: Associate Professor, Dr. Hoang Anh Thi
10. Summary of the thesis results: Through comparing 560 idioms evaluating people
In Lao and 779 idioms evaluating people in Vietnamese we found the following:
1. Idioms evaluating people in Lao and Vietnamese have similarities and differences in structural characteristics, both are composed of 3 or more syllables, have an even number of syllables, and form 2 complete symmetrical clauses. However, idioms in the 2 languages have differences in the number of tones, in Vietnamese there are 6 tones, in Lao there are only 5, there is a difference in the ratio of using the number of syllables, in grammatical structure, Vietnamese idioms only have 1 to 2 clauses, while Lao idioms have in addition to 1 or 2 clauses, many clauses.
2. Idioms evaluating people in Lao and Vietnamese have similarities and differences in semantic characteristics. In both languages, idioms have two layers of meaning including figurative and literal meanings. The themes of evaluating people in Lao and Vietnamese idioms focus on similar contents such as advice, education, praise - criticism, ridicule, criticism, affirming the beauty of people... The differences in semantics, Lao idioms include literal and figurative meanings, in which figurative meanings account for a larger number than literal meanings; different in the choice of expressive images, comparisons and in the way of expression, Vietnamese idioms use indirect expressions, while Lao idioms use direct expressions.
3. The structural similarities are due to the typological characteristics of the two languages, which are both analytical and have tones, while the similarities in idiomatic meanings are due to cultural similarities. There are also cultural differences due to different symbols, and there are different concepts between the two peoples.
11. Practical applicability: The research results can be applied in teaching Vietnamese to Lao people, or Lao to Vietnamese people.
12. Further research directions: Expanding the scope of research on cultural language issues in the two languages Lao and Vietnamese.
13. Published works related to the thesis: none
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
1. Full name: Soudsadachanh PHAIMANY
2. Gender: Female
3. Date of birth: September 16, 1984
4. Place of birth: Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR
5. Admission decision number: No 2175/QD-XHNV-DT dated November 23rd, 2019 made by The Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
6. Changes in academic process: None
7. Official thesis title: Comparing idioms about evaluating people in Lao and Vietnamese languages
8. Major: Linguistics; Code: 8229020.01
9. Supervisors: Assoc.Prof. Dr. Hoang Anh Thi
10. Summary of the results of the thesis: By comparing 560 idioms for evaluating people in Lao language and 779 idioms for evaluating people in Vietnamese, we have found the following results:
1. Idioms for evaluating people in Lao and Vietnamese both have similarities and differences in structural characteristics. They are all composed of 3 or more syllables with an even number of syllables, and forming 2 complete parts of an idiom. However, idioms in the two languages have differences including the number of tones, in Vietnamese there are 6 tones, but in Lao idioms there are only 5, a difference in the ratio of using the number of syllables and grammatical structure, Vietnamese idioms only have 1 to 2 - part structure, while in Lao idioms, apart from 1 and 2- part structure, also using a multi-part structure.
2. Idioms for evaluating people in Lao and Vietnamese languages have similarities and differences in semantic characteristics. In both languages, idioms have two layers of meaning including figurative and literal meaning, the topics of human assessment of Lao and Vietnamese idioms focus on the same contents such as advice, education, praise, criticism, affirmation of human beauty...etc. The differences in semantics, Lao idioms include literal and symbolic meanings, in which symbolic meanings account for a larger number than the literal meanings; In term of the differences in the choice of images to represent, compare and express, Vietnamese idioms use indirect expressions, while Lao idioms use direct expressions.
3. The structural similarities are due to the typological characteristics of the two languages, both of which are analytic and tonal, while the similarities in idiomatic meanings are due to cultural similarities. There are also cultural differences due to different symbols and different conceptions between two nations.
11. Practical applicability, if any: The findings obtained from the study of the thesis can be applied in teaching Vietnamese to Lao people, or Lao language to Vietnamese people.
12. Further research directions, if any: Expanding the scope of research into linguistic and cultural issues in two languages Lao - Vietnamese.
13. Thesis-related publications: None
