TTLV: Analysis of discourse written by children in the "Funny" column of the Children's Newspaper from 1998 to 2008

INFORMATION ABOUT THE MASTER'S THESIS

1. Student's full name:Dang Chinh Ngoc

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: April 4, 1988

4. Place of birth: Yen Khanh - Yen Yen - Nam Dinh

5. Decision on student admission No. 2797/2012/QD-XHNV-SDH dated December 28, 2012, 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 analysis of discourse written by children in the "Funny Stories" column of the Children's Newspaper from 1998 to 2008.

8. Major: Linguistics Code: 60.22.02.40

9. Scientific supervisor:Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Viet ThanhWorkplace: Vietnam Institute of Studies and Development Science – Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

10. Summary of the thesis results:

- Identify and describe the framework structure and variant structure of discourses written by children within the scope of the surveyed data.

- Analyze the prominent linguistic features in these discourses.

11. Practical applications:

- The results of this thesis can be used as material for research on discourse analysis theory, or for research on the characteristics of children's language.

12. Future research directions:

13. Published works related to the thesis: None

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Dang Chinh Ngoc 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: 04/04/1988 4. Place of birth: Yen Khanh, Y Yen, Nam Dinh

5. Admission decision number: 2797/2012/QD–XHNV–SĐH, Dated December 28, 2012

6. Changes in academic process: No

7. Official thesis title:Discourse analysis written by children in item “Funny and Smile'' of Children Newspaper from 1998 to 2008.

8. Major: Linguistics 9. Code: 60.22.02.40

10. Supervisors: Assoc. Ph.D Nguyen Thi Viet Thanh ; Institute of Vietnamese Studies and Development Sciences – Vietnam National University.

11. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

- The thesis is trying to find out and describe the structural framework and variant structures of discourses written by children through survey documents.

- It also analyzes the significant features in terms of language usage of those discourses.

12. Practical applicability, if any:

The result of this thesis can be used to do a research about argued discourse analysis or research about the characteristics of children's language.

13. Further research directions, if any:

14. Thesis-related publications: No