TTLV: Survey of some typical Vietnamese imperative intonation models

MASTER'S THESIS INFORMATION

1. Student's full name:Dinh Thi Hang        

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: June 26, 1988

4. Place of birth: Kim Dong, Hung Yen

5. Student recognition decision No. 1936/2011/QD-XHNV-SDH dated October 10, 2011 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU Hanoi.

6. Changes in training process: No

7. Thesis topic name: Survey of some typical Vietnamese imperative intonation models

8. Major: Linguistics Code: 60 22 02 40

9. Scientific advisor: Associate Professor, Dr. Vu Kim Bang, Institute of Linguistics, Vietnam

10. Summary of thesis results:

The thesis focuses on describing the basic types of imperative intonation in Vietnamese based on the communicative purpose of the speaker. The results of this thesis point out the characteristics as well as the differences between three types of imperative intonation: Racommand, requestandEntreatthrough three prosodic parameters:pitch, intensityandlength.

11. Practical application:

The results of the thesis can be applied in two main areas.Teaching Vietnamese as a foreign languageandInformation technology(text-to-speech synthesis, speech recognition and robot dialogue, etc.).

12. Published works related to the thesis: None

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name:Dinh Thi Hang2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: June 26, 1988 4. Place of birth: Kim Dong, Hung Yen

5. Admission decision number: 1936/2011/QD-XHNV-SĐH on October 10, 2011 by the Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi – Vietnam National University.

6. Changes in academic process: None

7. Official thesis title:Surveying some basic imperative intonation patterns in Vietnamese

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

10. Supervisors: Associate Professor, Dr. Vu Kim Bang, Institute of Linguistics, Vietnam.

11. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

The thesis focuses on the description of basic imperative intonation patterns in Vietnamese based on the speaker's communicative intention. The results of this thesis indicate some intonation features as well as indicate the distinction of three kinds of imperative intonations:Command, RequestandInvocation, through three prosodic parameters:pitch, intensityandduration.

12. Practical applicability, if any:

The results of the thesis can be applied in two main fields:Teaching Vietnamese as a foreign languageandInformation Technology(speech synthesis of text, speech recognition and man-machine dialog systems, etc.)

13. Thesis-related publications: None