TTLV: Survey of the Vietnamese phonetic system of Thai people of Vietnamese origin in Muang district, Nakhon Phanom province (related to Vietnamese in Vietnam)

MASTER'S THESIS INFORMATION

1. Student's full name: PHATCHARAPHONG PHUBETPERAWAT; 2. Gender: Male

3. Date of birth: August 13, 1987

4. Place of birth: Thailand

5. Student recognition decision No. 1499/2012/VNU-DT dated August 6, 2012 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in training process: No

(record the forms of change and the corresponding time)

7. Thesis topic name: "Survey of the Vietnamese phonetic system of Thai people of Vietnamese origin in Muang district, Nakhon Phanom province (related to Vietnamese in Vietnam)"

8. Major: Linguistics; Code: 60 22 02 40.

9. Scientific instructor:(Clearly state scientific title, academic degree, full name and working organization)

Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Binh – Deputy Head of Linguistics Department, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

10. Summary of thesis results:

The thesis has surveyed the Vietnamese phonetic system of Thai people of Vietnamese origin in Muang district, Nakhon Phanom province and compared it with the Hanoi dialect and Nghe Tinh dialect. The thesis includes 4 contents: (1) Thai people of Vietnamese origin in Muang district, Nakhon Phanom province, Thailand; (2) Vietnamese phonetic system of Thai people of Vietnamese origin in Muang district, Nakhon Phanom province, Thailand; (3) Comparing the phonetic system of Thai people of Vietnamese origin in Muang district, Nakhon Phanom province, Thailand with the Vietnamese phonetic system in Vietnam; and (4) Influence of Thai language and changes in the Vietnamese phonetic system in Muang district, Nakhon Phanom province, Thailand.

Regarding the phonetic system in Vietnamese of the Thai people of Vietnamese origin in Muang district, Nakhon Phanom province, there are a total of 25 consonants including: / p^h, b, t, t^h, d, ʈ, c, k, Ɂ, f, v, s, z, ʂ, x, ɣ, h, l, ʐ, m, n, ɲ, ŋ, w, j /; 08 final consonants include: / -p, -m, -t, -n, -k, -ŋ, -u̯, -i̯ /; 11 single vowels include: / i, e, ɛ, ɯ, ɤ, ɤ̆, a, ă, u, o, ɔ /; and 03 diphthongs include: / i͜e, ɯ͜ɤ, u͜o /; and 06 tones: flat tone is transcribed as /1/, falling tone is transcribed as /2/, falling tone is transcribed as /3/, asking tone is transcribed as /4/, sharp tone is transcribed as /5/ and heavy tone is transcribed as /6/.

According to the results of comparing the Vietnamese phonetic system of the Thai people of Vietnamese origin in Muang district, Nakhon Phanom province with the Hanoi dialect and Nghe Tinh dialect, it can be seen that the Vietnamese phonetic system in Muang district, Nakhon Phanom province is more similar to the Nghe Tinh dialect than the Hanoi dialect. The phonetic features in the Nghe Tinh dialect all appear in the Vietnamese phonetic system in Muang district, Nakhon Phanom province. Meanwhile, the features in the Hanoi dialect appear less than in the Nghe Tinh dialect.

Vietnamese in Muang district, Nakhon Phanom province is influenced by three factors that create changes in phonetics, including: (1) Differences between dialect regions of immigrants; (2) Contact between dialects of immigrants and contact with native dialects; leading to the final cause being (3) changes in phonetics and phonology. In the future, Vietnamese in Muang district, Nakhon Phanom province will have very big changes and will create new unique characteristics for Vietnamese here.

11. Practical applicability: (if any) No

12. Further research directions: (if any) No

13. Published works related to the thesis:(list projects in chronological order if available)Are not

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: PHATCHARAPHONG PHUBETPERAWAT 2. Sex: Male

3. Date of birth: August 13, 1987 4. Place of birth: Thailand

5. Admission decision number: 1499/2012/DHQGHN-ĐT, dated August 6, 2012

6. Changes in academic process: None

(List the forms of change and corresponding times)

7. Official thesis title: “Studying the Vietnamese phonetic system of Vietnamese Thai in Muang district, Nakhon Phanom province (in comparison with the Vietnamese phonetic system in Vietnam)”

8. Major: Linguistics 9. Code: 60 22 02 40

10. Supervisor(s):(Full name, academic title and degree)

Dr. NGUYEN NGOC BINH – Deputy Head of Faculty of Linguistics, University of Social sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University.

11. Summary of the findings of the thesis:(Summarize them with stress on thenew findings, if any)

The thesis studied the Vietnamese phonetic system of Vietnamese Thai in Muang district, Nakhon Phanom province in comparison with Hanoi and Ha Tinh dialects. There are four chapters in the master thesis. The first chapter introduces Vietnamese Thai in Muang district, Nakhon Phanom province. The second chapter is about the Vietnamese phonetic system of Vietnamese Thai at Muang district, Nakhon Phanom province. The third chapter compares the Vietnamese phonetic system of Vietnamese Thai in Muang district, Nakhon Phanom province, Thailand and in Vietnam. The fourth chapter is the influences of Thai language and changes of Vietnamese phonetic system in Muang district, Nakhon Phanom province, Thailand.

In terms of the Vietnamese phonetic system of Vietnamese Thai in Muang district, Nakhon Phanom province, there are 25 consonants, including / p^h, b, t, t^h, d, ʈ, c, k, Ɂ, f, v, s, z, ʂ, x, ɣ, h, l, ʐ, m, n, ɲ, ŋ, w, j/ ; 8 final consonants including / -p, -m, -t, -n, -k, -ŋ, -u̯, -i̯ /; 11 monophthongs including / i, e, ɛ, ɯ, ɤ, ɤ̆, a, ă, u, o, ɔ /; 3 diphthongs including / i͜e, ɯ͜ɤ, u͜o /; and 6 tones including: plain tone is marked as /1/, grave accent is marked as /2/, rising accent is marked as /3/, falling accent is marked as /4/, acute accent is marked as /5/ and dropping tone is marked as /6/.

According to the comparative results of the Vietnamese phonetic system between Vietnamese Thai and Hanoi – Ha Tinh dialects, it can be clearly seen that Vietnamese phonetic system of Vietnamese Thai in Muang district, Nakhon Phanom province is closer to Ha Tinh dialect than Hanoi dialect. All phonetic features of Ha Tinh dialect appear in the Vietnamese phonetic system in Muang district, Nakhon Phanom province. On the other hand, there are less similar phonetic features of the Vietnamese phonetic system in Muang district, Nakhon Phanom province existing in Hanoi dialect.

There are three main reasons causing the change in the Vietnamese phonetic system in Muang district, including: (1) the dialect differences amongs of immigrants; (2) the interaction among dialects of immigrants and contact with patois. That leads to the last reason (3) the changes in terms of phonetics and phonology. There will be many changes in the Vietnamese phonetic system in Muang district, Nakhon Phanom province in the future. That will make a unique features for the Vietnamese in Muang district.

12. Practical applicability, if any: None

13. Further research directions, if any: None

14. Thesis-related publications:(List them in chronological order)None