Information about the thesis "Survey of the structural-semantic characteristics of discourse with a calling purpose (calls to action)" by graduate student Vu Thi Oanh, majoring in Linguistics.1. Student's Full Name: Vu Thi Oanh 2. Gender: Female 3. Date of Birth: January 20, 1983 4. Place of Birth: Hai Duong 5. Decision No. 2551/QD/XHNV-KH&SDH dated November 2, 2007, of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, recognizing the student. 6. Changes during the training process: None 7. Thesis Title: Survey of the Structural-Semantic Characteristics of Appealing Discourses (Appeals) 8. Major: Linguistics 9. Code: 602201 10. Scientific Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Viet Thanh 11. Summary of Thesis Results: - The thesis selected appealing discourses. - The appeals of President Ho Chi Minh were collected from two volumes of "Ho Chi Minh Complete Works". Volumes 4 and 5, published for the third time in 2000 by the National Political Publishing House, and several discourses with the purpose of appealing to others by various authors appearing in different historical periods, are used to conduct surveys and identify: + The general structural-semantic characteristics of the discourses and the structural-semantic characteristics of each constituent component of the discourse; + The linguistic characteristics of the discourses; + Some characteristic manifestations of interpersonal elements in discourses with the purpose of appealing to others; + Analysis and comparison to reveal the distinctive features, structural-semantic differences, and characteristics in the use of language in discourses with the purpose of appealing to others by various authors, across different periods. 12. Practical applications: - Initial research on the structural-semantic characteristics of typical discourses with the purpose of appealing to others in Vietnamese. - Contribution to the study of Ho Chi Minh's language. 13. Future research directions: Based on the survey of the structural-semantic characteristics of the selected discourses with a call to action, expand the research to examine the characteristics of argumentative discourses. 14. Published works related to the thesis: None
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
1. Name of the candidate: Vu Thi Oanh 2. Gender: Female 3. Date of birth: January 20, 1983 4. Place of birth: Hai Duong 5. Number of decision on acceptance: 2551/QD/XHNV-KH&SĐH, issued November 2, 2007 by Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi 6. Changes during the course: None 7. Title of the research project: A survey on the structural and semantic properties of deliberative discourse 8. Specialty: Linguistics 9. Code: 602201 10. Supervior: Assoc. Prof. Nguyen Thi Viet Thanh 11. A summary on the result of the research - The research project explores on pieces of deliberative discourse including those by Ho Chi Minh (selected from Ho Chi Minh Anthology Volume 4 and 5 published by the National Political Publishing House, 3rd edition, 2000) and those by other authors of different historical periods. The results cover the following main points. + the general structural and semantic properties and that of each constituent of the discourse + the linguistic features of the discourse + some typical manifestation of the interpersonal elements within the deliberative discourse + contrastive analysis to identify the extinct features, structural and semantic differences as well as word choice tendency of the deliberative discourse by various authors throughout different periods of time 12. Implications - The research has reached some preliminary results on the structural and semantic properties of some typical deliberative discourse in Vietnamese language. - The research stands as a contribution to the stylistics literature on Ho Chi Minh's language. 13. Future Research Based on the results on the structural and semantic properties of the selected deliberative discourse, further research can be carried out to analyze and survey the properties of political discourse. 14. Related publications: None
