TTLV: Vietnamese imitation words and how to teach Vietnamese imitation words to foreigners

THESIS INFORMATION

1. Student's name: Le Thuy Linh

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: September 2, 1989

4. Place of birth: Tam Nong - Phu Tho

5. Decision on recognition of students No. 1936/2011/QD-XHNV-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: None

7. Thesis topic: Vietnamese imitation words and how to teach Vietnamese imitation words to foreigners

8. Major: Linguistics Code: 60 22 02 40

9. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dinh Van Duc, University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

10. Summary of thesis results:

- Thesis on statistics and survey of imitative words (also known as onomatopoeia, pictographs) in Vietnamese in 2 dictionaries: Vietnamese Dictionary (2010) and Reduplicated Word Dictionary (Institute of Linguistics).

- Describe the appearance of imitation words in Vietnamese on the following levels: structure method, grammatical function, semantics and pragmatics.

- Clarify the effects of using imitation words in spoken language and in narrative or descriptive texts (based on the analysis of some literary documents) through the aspects analyzed above.

- Through the survey, statistics as well as description of the appearance of imitation words in Vietnamese, it shows the necessity of teaching this type of word to foreign students learning Vietnamese.

- The thesis also proposes some ways to teach simulation to foreigners from selecting students, teaching methods to compiling documents, textbooks, teaching aids, exercise systems, practice exercises...

11. Practical applicability: The research results of the topic are useful for compiling a Vietnamese simulation dictionary and compiling materials for teaching spoken language as well as compiling Vietnamese teaching textbooks for foreigners at intermediate and advanced levels.

12. Further research directions: None

13. Published works related to the thesis: Research on the grammatical function of the Vietnamese simulation word system (Hoang Thi Kim Duyen).

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Le Thuy Linh 2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: September 2, 1989 4. Place of birth: Tam Nong - Phu Tho

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: Imitative words of Vietnamese and the way to teach imitative words of Vietnamese language for foreigners

8. Major: Linguistic Code: 60 22 02 40

9. Supervisors: Professor, Dr Dinh Van Duc – Linguistics Department, University of Sociall Sciences and Humanities – Vietnam National University Hanoi

10. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

- The thesis statistics and investigates imitative words (called: onomatopoetic, imagery) of Vietnamese in two dictionaries: Vietnamese dictionary (2010) and alliteration dictionary (institute of linguistics).

- Describing appearance of imitative words in Vietnamese language on some aspects: structure method, function of grammer, semantics, pragmatics.

- Clarifying effect of usage imitative words in conversation language, in narrative text or describable text (based on analysis of some literature document) through the aspects analyzed above.

- Through investigation, statistics and describing appearance of imitative words in Vietnamese shows the necessity of teaching this kind of word for foreigners who study Vietnamese language.

- Thesis also proposes some ways of teaching imitative words of Vietnamese for foreigners from choosing learners, teaching method to compose document, book, means of teaching, exercise systems, practices...

11. Practical applicability: the result of studying of thesis is helpful for composing imitative words dictionary of Vietnamese and composing document for teaching conversation language and composing Vietnamese book for foreigner at elementary, advanced levels.

12. Further research directions: None

13. Thesis-related publications: Studying the grammatical meanings and the semantic contents of Vietnamese simulation words of Hoang Thi Kim Duyen