TTLV: Emphatic particle in English (related to Vietnamese).

MASTER'S THESIS INFORMATION

1. Student's full name: DAO HAI VAN

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: June 28, 1978

4. Place of birth: Yen Bai

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

6. Changes in training process: No

7.Thesis topic name:Emphatic particles in English (related to Vietnamese).

8. Major: Linguistics

9. Code: 60 22 01

10. Instructor: Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Hiep

Place of work: Institute of Linguistics

11. Summary of thesis results:

The thesis studies and describes in detail the structural model as well as some issues of emphatic particles in English related to Vietnamese. With the above purpose, the thesis includes the following research contents:

- We try to establish some forms of expression of meanings that can correspond in both languages, starting from the use of emphatic particles in English, compared with their equivalents in Vietnamese. To the extent possible, we will try to model the formulas of expression using particles, helping learners to preserve the emphatic meaning when they want to translate an English utterance into Vietnamese or vice versa, from Vietnamese to English. On the basis of such comparison, we also hope to point out and analyze the mistakes of Vietnamese learners of English related to the means of emphasizing information.

- Our thesis aims to examine the means of emphasizing information in English and Vietnamese through particles. Through the description and analysis of the means of emphasizing in English and Vietnamese, the similarities and differences between the means of emphasizing expressed through the use of particles in the two languages ​​will be pointed out. Those similarities and differences show how the characteristics of the language type have influenced the use, thereby highlighting the relationship between the form and the content of linguistic events and phenomena. With that result, the thesis hopes to contribute to improving the quality of English teaching for Vietnamese people, .... avoiding errors in language use and translation.

12. Practical application:

- The thesis has also applied some new achievements in linguistic theory, mainly achievements belonging to the scope of pragmatics, to conduct the process of analysis and research with a pragmatic nature such as: modality, presupposition, implicature, connotation, context, language behavior (in speech, indirect). In which, the factors of speaker, listener... are also applied and cited in necessary cases. At the same time, this process of use has also allowed the thesis to analyze and explain to some extent the specific contents related to the meaning of emphatic particles that still make people feel difficult to grasp and explain specifically.

 INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name of student: DAO TWO VALVE

2. Sex: Female

3.Date of Birth: June 28, 1978

4.Place of birth: Yen Bai

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

6. Changes in the training process: No

7 .Name thesis: Stresed - focus words in English (comparison with Vietnamese).

8. Major: Linguistic

9. Code: 60 22 01

10. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Hiep

Workplace: Institute of Linguistics

Summary results of the thesis:

Thesis researched, described in detail the structural model as well as a number of issues highlighted in grants from English to Vietnamese contacts. For this purpose, the thesis includes the following research contents:

- We try to establish some forms of expressions of meanings that would correspond in both languages​, derived from the use of stressed - focus words in English , compared with the equivalent in Vietnamese. To the extent possible, we will try to model the expressions of stress - focus words, the school can help preserve the meanings of emphasis that you want to switch a spokesperson English to Vietnamese or the other way round back, from Vietnamese to English. On comparative basis so we hope to point out and analyze the errors of the Vietnamese people to learn English related to the media that emphasizes information.

Our thesis wants to examine the means of emphasizing information in English and Vietnamese through stressed - focus words. By describing and analyzing the media emphasized in English and Vietnamese, the similarities and differences between the means of emphasized expressed through the use of stressed - focus words of these languages ​​to be highlighted out. Similarities and differences which indicate the characteristics of the type of language have influenced how to use, thus highlighting the relationship between form and content of language contexts. As a result, the thesis hopes to partly contribute to improving the quality of teaching English to Vietnamese people and help them to avoid these mistakes in the use of this language and translation.

12. The possibility of practical application:

Thesis also uses some new achievements in language theory mainly on the extent of achievement of pragmatics to conduct process analysis such as modal, presupposed, discourse, implied, contextual, behavioral language (in words, indirectly). In particular, factors including the speaker, the listener ... also be applied, invoked in the case of necessity. Furthermore, this work has also allowed dissertation analyzes, partly explaining the specific content related to meaning of stressed - focus words and still makes people feel difficult to grasp, difficult to explain in a specific way.