Information about the thesis "Reference in Textual Cohesion in Vietnamese" by graduate student Pham Thi Hong Tam, majoring in Linguistics.1. Student's Full Name: Pham Thi Hong Tam 2. Gender: Female 3. Date of Birth: June 24, 1985 4. Place of Birth: Hoa Lu – Ninh Binh 5. Decision No. 2551/2007 QD – XHNV - KH&SĐH 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: “Reference in Textual Cohesion in Vietnamese” 8. Major: Linguistics 9. Code: 60 22 01 10. Scientific Advisor: Dr. Tran Thi Nhan 11. Summary of Thesis Results: - The thesis has studied the concepts of: text, textual cohesion, reference in general, and reference in texts in particular; Based on this, the thesis describes and analyzes the grammatical and semantic aspects of the connections between several linguistic units involved in referential linkage in Vietnamese texts. The thesis describes and analyzes the referential relationships in Vietnamese texts of several grammatical units that act as means of reference to other linguistic elements (words, phrases, sentences, paragraphs) of the text that act as entities or objects being referred to. These means of reference in the text are third-person personal pronouns: he, she, it, they, them…; demonstratives/determinists: here, there, that, this, that…; Phrasal phrases with ambiguous meanings in a particular sentence in the text, such as: this, that, that news, this child… 12. Practical applications - The research results of this thesis can be applied in teaching literature and linguistics students, and to foreigners learning Vietnamese, helping them to correctly use personal pronouns and demonstratives in their functions of pointing, replacing, and referencing, contributing to better text creation and understanding. 13. Future research directions - The thesis could delve deeper into research to arrive at an important distinction in the functional capacity of the linguistic units under study: distinguishing between replacement and reference. - The thesis could continue to explore referential linkage in texts as expressed in the use of other linguistic elements, such as: thus, so, which are commonly used to replace and refer to predicates and sentences. 14. Published works related to the thesis: None
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
1. Full name: Pham Thi Hong Tam 2. Sex: Female 3. Date of birth: June 24, 1985 4. Place of birth: Hoa Lu District, Ninh Binh Province 5. Admission decision number: 2551/2007/Decision – University of Social Sciences and Humanities/Postgraduate, signed: November 2, 2007 by the Head - master of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University. 6. Changes in academic process: None 7. Official thesis title: “The reference in Vietnamese text cohesion” 8. Major: Linguistics 9. Code: 60 22 01 10. Supervisor: PhD. Tran Thi Nhan 11. Summary of the findings of the thesis: Definition studies such as: text, text cohesion, reference in general and reference in text in particular. This study forms the theoretical basis for description, grammar – semantics analysis, cohesion of some linguistic units participating in cohesion reference in Vietnamese text. Description, analysis reference relation in Vietnamese text of some grammar units considered as reference means in accordance with other linguistic elements (word, phrase, sentence, paragraph) in text seen as referenced entity or object. Reference means in text are: third person pronoun: he, it, they; indicative words: here, there, this, that; no - specific meaning phrases in text such as: this fact, that news, this girl… 12. Practical applicability: The findings of this research can be used as material for linguistic and phylosophy students educating/teaching as well as Vietnamese–studying foreigners. These findings could help them use personal pronouns and indicative words properly in separate functions such as: indication, subsitution or reference, therefore, contribute to get a better text formation and comprehension. 13. Further research directions: - Further studying to gain an important identification in functioning ability of studying linguistic units: identification, substitution and anaphor. - Continue studying reference cohesion in text in the usage of other linguistic elements such as: so, thus, which is usually used for replacing and referencing sentences and phrases. 14. Thesis – related publications: None
