INFORMATION ON MASTER’S THESIS
1. Full name: Truong Van So
2. Sex: Male.
3. Date of birth: 15/04/1984 4. Place of birth: Ninh Thuan
5. Admission decision number: 2948/2021/QĐ-XHVN Date 28/12/2021 by the rector of the University of Social Science and Humanities, VNU.
6. Changes in academic process: No.
7. Official thesis title: Metaphorical meanings of lexicon of body parts in Cham language (in comparison with Vietnamese).
8. Major: Linguistics Code: 8229020.01
9. Supervisors: Tran Tri Doi.
10. Summary of the findings of the thesis: Establishing a lexicon of body parts in Cham language. Dividing lexical categories indicating external and internal body parts, showing the mechanism of lexical metaphors indicating body parts in Cham language, including: Orientational Metaphor; Metaphor of Form; Functional metaphor; Metaphors range from concrete to abstract. In addition, analysis of lexical metaphorical meanings shows that the ways of perception of Cham people and Vietnamese people are different.
11. Practical applicability: applying to Cham language translation and policies of ethnic minority language education through cognitive methods.
12. Further research directions: Extending the number of metaphorical lexicons and studying cognitive metaphor through the idioms and proverbs in the Cham language.
13. Thesis-related publications:
- Discussion on the meaning of the term Bani in modern Cham language.
- From contacting to borrowing in Cham language.