TTLV: The phenomenon of lexical ambiguity and syntactic ambiguity in Chinese diplomatic documents (compared with Vietnamese)

1. Student's name: Duong Lo Dao

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: April 5, 1993

4. Place of birth: Yunnan China

5. Student recognition decision No. 3739/QD-XHNV dated November 9, 2016 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in training process: none

7. Thesis topic: The phenomenon of lexical ambiguity and syntactic ambiguity in Chinese diplomatic documents (compared with Vietnamese)

8. Major: Linguistics Code: 60220240

9. Scientific advisor: Associate Professor, Dr. Pham Van Tinh - Vietnam Institute of Lexicography and Encyclopedia

10. Summary of thesis results:

Even when faced with contradictions and conflicts, diplomats still have a moderate euphemism to avoid fierce rhetorical conflicts, which further worsen the relationship between the two sides. The use of ambiguous language has become a mutually agreed habit in the international diplomatic community, which has left a place for ambiguous vocabulary, the characteristics of which are as follows:

First, first choose vocabulary with abstract semantics to form ambiguous expressions. Second, often choose vocabulary with extended extension, making the scope even wider. Third, choose objective and neutral vocabulary as much as possible to weaken the tendency of expressions.

The way to overcome ambiguous vocabulary is usually partial translation, which is when the speaker only uses one vocabulary or a few groups of words or only affects the part of speech, translation can use partial translation to slightly modify the meaning of the speech accurately.

The ambiguous meaning of a sentence is not only determined by the lexical ambiguities it contains, but also depends on the grammatical structure of the sentence and the pragmatic environment. Chinese speakers often use ambiguous word order and question-answer sentences, but Vietnamese speakers often use ambiguous word order. The choice of ambiguity has a great relationship with the topic. Different topics make speakers apply answers to follow the cooperative principle and the politeness principle, so as to achieve smooth speech behavior.

The way to overcome ambiguous vocabulary is often to translate the whole, which means that in the translation process, attention is paid to the organizational structure of the overall information, the translation style of the target language and the speaker's meaning, rather than just considering the translation of individual words.

11. Practical applicability: The research results of the thesis can make people understand the problem-solving methods of the spokespersons and leaders of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, understand the interestingness and flexibility of ambiguous language in communication, moreover, for diplomatic officials, using language has a certain guiding meaning and promotes more communication and cooperation between China and Vietnam.

12. Further research directions: If there is time and conditions, we will increase the scope and research materials on the phenomenon of lexical ambiguity and syntactic ambiguity in Chinese diplomatic documents (compared with Vietnamese).

13. Published works related to the thesis: none

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: YANG LU YAO

2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: April 5^th, 1993

4. Place of birth: Yun Nam China

5. Admission decision number: 3739/QD-XHNV Dated: November 9^th, 2016

6. Changes in academic process: No

7. Official thesis title: Phenomenon of vague vocabulary and ambiguity in Chinese diplomatic documents (compare with Vietnamese)

8. Major: Linguistics Code: 60220240

9. Academic supervisor: Associate Professor, PhD. Pham Van Tinh Vietnam Institute of Dictionary of Dictionary and Encyclopedia

10. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

Even in the face of conflict and conflict, diplomats still have a moderate euphemism to avoid fierce conflict, moreover, worsening the relationship between the two. The use of ambiguous language has become a mutual agreement habit in the international diplomatic community, which has left a place for vague vocabulary, the following characteristics:

First, first choose the vocabulary with abstract meaning to constitute vague expression. Secondly, often choose vocabulary with external extension, making the scope wider. Third, try to choose objective and neutral vocabulary to weaken the tendency of expression.

How to overcome ambiguous vocabulary is often the translation section, is that only when the attender only uses a word or group of words or only affects the part of the speech, can translation be used how to translate the edit part a little to express the exact meaning of the words.

The vague meaning of the sentence is not only determined by the ambiguities of the vocabulary it contains, but also depends on the grammatical structure of the sentence and the linguistic environment. Chinese attenders often use vague words of word order and questionable answers, but Vietnamese attenders often use vague order from answers. choosing vaguely has a big relationship with the topic. Different topics make speakers apply answers to follow collaborative principles and polite principles, to achieve smooth speaking behavior.

The way to overcome ambiguous vocabulary is often the whole translation, only in the translation process interested in the organizational structure of the overall information, translating the style of writing of the target language and its implications The speaker, not just considering translating individual words.

11. Practical applicability: The results of the thesis can make people understand the problem-solving ways of ministry foreign spokesmen and leaders, understand the interestingness and flexibility of fuzzy language in communication. Furthermore, for diplomats who use language, there is a certain sense of direction and motivations China and Vietnam the two countries to communicate and cooperate more.

12. Further research directions: If we have the time and the context, we will increase the scope and language of the study on the phenomenon of ambiguous vocabulary and syntactic ambiguity in Chinese diplomatic documents (compare with Vietnamese).

13. Thesis-related publications: No