1. Full name: Nguyen Thi Hanh Phuong                           2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth  : 09/06/1976                                          4. Place of birth: Thai Nguyen

5. Admission decision number: 2999/2013/QĐ-SĐH, December 30th, 2013 by President of Social Sciences and Humanities-Vietnam National University, Ha Noi.

6. Changes in academic process: Decision on the adjustment of the thesis title No. 2963 /QĐ-XHNV dated on November 14th, 2017 by President of Social Sciences and Humanities-Vietnam National University, Ha Noi; Decision of extension No. 4619/ QD-XHNV dated on December 29th, 2016 by President of Social Sciences and Humanities-Vietnam National University, Ha Noi.

7.Official thesis title: The semantic development of sensory words in Vietnamese language from an embodiment view

8. Major: Linguistics                                                      9. Code            : 62 22 02 40

10. Supervisor   : Prof. PhD.  Nguyen Van Hiep

11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

  - The thesis has established basic theoretical premises related to the research object; the concept of embodiment as well as the concept of sensory words in Vietnamese language.

- The thesis has divided the sensory vocabulary into 13 sub-groups; developed a set of prototype criteria for each subgroup; described the semantics of sensory words in dictionary, and their rich semantic expressions in everyday life.

- The thesis has also analyzed and interpreted the embodiment bases of semantic development of sensory words in Vietnamese language; modeled their semantic developments through the semantic network represented by a radial categories diagram; pointed out some of the cultural thoughts of the Vietnamese people on the basis of comparison with the equivalent sensory words in English language.

12. Practical applicability

The research results of the thesis will be applied to explain how the meaning of sensory words in Vietnamese language changes in particular; and explain the semantic development of words in general. It is a useful reference for teaching literature at schools as well as for teaching Vietnamese language for foreigners.

13. Further research directions

In the future, the author can continue to study more in-depth the semantic development of each subgroup of sensory terms in Vietnamese language in particular and the semantics of Vietnamese words in general under the embodiment theory of cognitive linguistics. The thesis can also help broaden the study to compare the semantics of Vietnamese and English words with specific descriptions in order to have a clearer view of the differences in cultural thinking of the Vietnamese. It is a useful reference in teaching literature and teaching Vietnamese language for foreigners.

14. Thesis-related publications:

14.1. Nguyen Thi Hanh Phuong (2014), “Initial application of embodiment theory to explore the semantic development of sensory words in Vietnamese language”, Journal of Science and Technology – Thai Nguyen University, Vol. (12), pp.41-44.

14.2. Nguyen Thi Hanh Phuong (2015), "The semantic development of the word NGON in Vietnamese language on the basis of embodiment”, Proceedings of the National Conference on Linguistics 2015, Hanoi National University Publishing House, pp. 257-261.

14.3. Nguyen Thi Hanh Phuong (2016), “Metaphorical transformation of sensory words in Vietnamese language”, Language of Life Magazine, Vol. (5), pp. 34-38.

14.4. Nguyen Thi Hanh Phuong (2016), "Semantic meanings of the word NGON in Vietnamese language on the basis of embodiment (compared to the equivalent word in English)”, Journal of Language, Vol. (6), pp.58-68.

14.5. Nguyen Thi Hanh Phuong (2017), “About the concept of “ĐỎ” in Vietnamese language”, the International Conference on “Modern Linguistic Trends and Language Research in Vietnam”, Vietnam Institute of Linguistics, Hanoi.