TTLV: An Examination of Implicit Meaning Through Circular Speech in Several Novels Published by the People's Police Publishing House

INFORMATION ABOUT THE MASTER'S THESIS

1. Student's full name: Le Thi Minh Thu 2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: October 31, 1984

4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Decision to recognize students No. 1355/2008 dated October 24, 2008, by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in the training process: None

7. Thesis title:An examination of implicit meaning through indirect speech in some novels published by the People's Police Publishing House..

8. Major: Linguistics; Code: 60.22.01

9. Scientific supervisor: Professor, Dr. Dinh Van Duc, Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics, University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

10. Summary of the thesis results:

Given the Vietnamese culture's emphasis on emotional connection, indirect speech is quite common in daily communication, aiming to convey a message that would be difficult to express directly. Within the scope of this thesis, the author has undertaken several tasks, including: examining the implied meaning through indirect speech in several short stories and novels; describing, classifying, and drawing conclusions about indirect speech in these short stories and novels; and examining, describing, and drawing conclusions about the implied meaning through indirect speech in these short stories and novels.

The results of this study once again affirm the role of indirect speech in daily communication, and also confirm that indirect speech is a method of expressing implicit meaning. This further clarifies the characteristics of Vietnamese national culture as reflected in its language.

11. Practical applicability: None

12. Future research directions: None

13. Published works related to the thesis: None

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Le Thi Minh Thu 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: October 31^th1984 4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Admission decision number: 1355/2008/QD/XHNV-KH&SĐH. Dated: October 24, 2008 of President of The university of Science, Society and Humanity, National University of Hanoi.

6. Changes in academic process: None

7. Official thesis title:A survey of implicit meanings expressed by periphrases in a number of novels published by The People's Public Security Publishing House.

8. Major: Linguistics 9. Code: 60.22.01

10. Supervisors: Professor, Doctor Dinh Van Duc.

11. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

In everyday conversation, Vietnamese people use periphrasis quite occasionally to communicate to the listeners a message that cannot be expressed directly. Within the scope of this thesis, the author conducted a survey on implicit meaning through periphrasis used in a number of Vietnamese short stories and novels; described, classified and drew conclusions on periphrasis in the survey short stories and novels; conducted survey and drew conclusions on implicit meaning expressed by periphrasis in these short stories and novels.

The result of the study once again affirms the role of periphrasis in everyday conversation while affirming that periphrasis is a device to express implicit meaning, through which we can have a clearer view on the characteristics of the Vietnamese traditional culture expressed in the language.

12. Practical applicability, if any: None

13. Further research directions, if any: None

14. Thesis-related publications: None