VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, IIANOL UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES _—G@8EHsa-—- NGUYÊN PHƯƠNG THIANIT SEXISM IN VIETNAMESE FOLK POEMS ON LOVE AND MARRIAGE Ky thi giới tính trung ca dao Việt Nam. về tình yêu, hôn nhân và gia đình M. MINOR PROGRAMME TIIESIS Field: English Linguistics Code: 60220201 TIANOI, 2017 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, IIANOL UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES -—-caEHz2-—- NGUYÊN PHƯƠNG THIANIT SEXISM IN VIETNAMESE FOLK POEMS ON LOVE AND MARRIAGE Kỳ thị giới tính trong ca dao Việt Nam về tình yêu, hôn nhãn và gia dinh MLA. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Linguistics Cede: 60220201 Supervisor: Dr.
Nguyén T! TIANOI, 2017 DECLARATION Thereby declare that the thesis entitled “Sexism in Vietnamese folk poems on love and marriage” bas been carried oul at the University of Languages and International Studies under the guidance of Dr. Nguyen ‘Thi Thu La. ‘The work is original and has not ever been submitted in part or full by me for any degree at another University 1 further declare that the material obtained from other sources has been duly acknowledged in the thesis. Nguyen Phuong Thanh December 2017 ABSTRACT The curcnt investigation is an attempt in CDA, conducting data analysis into 2000 Vietnamese folk poems on love and marriage, basing on Mairclough’s three- dimensional framework with the grounding of Systemic Functional Grammar by M K.
The research aims lo unveil the underlying sexist ideologies behind language, generally manifesting the domination of men over women in the feudal time. To achieve the aims, experiential values of words and grammar are deliberately exploited. The tescarch has reached some findings. Gender bias was clearly seen when women undertook varying roles both in the domestic and social sphere, but most of them were subordinate to men’s.
In terms of linguistic means which make great contributions to the discursive construction and representation of social relations, transitivity and semantic features display sexism the most. Mam †onets of CDAA. ch HH hy 2. Fairclough’s analytical framewcrk 2.
Lialliday”s systematie functienal grammar and CA. Procedure of data analy8is. t0 1 de re CHAPTER 3: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS 3. Womenin the family setting 3.
Women as caretakers for children. Women as caretakers for in-Taw family’s members 3. Women as caretakers for house chores 3. Women as helpers for meth cscs seistenenssvennentrsersiesnssasoneeise 3.
Women wailing for men 3. Women as inferiors 3. Women badly treated. ào ni nhang ereieiee 3.
Women as đependenL beintgs,.2, Women in the social setting. Women in low social lncrarchy 3. Women as dependent beings PART C: CONCGLUBION. HH HH ghe 2.
SuggesHions for fiuther research. REFERENCE; exhibits behaviors among people. With their powerful language, folk pocms are not a neutral vehicle. Words are employed to hold people in respect but demonstrate blatant disregard for others ‘Therefore, | manage to do a thesis called “Sexism in Vietnamese folk poems on love and marriage” to partly disclose a social-cultural problem underlying the discowye.
The sludy approached the folk poems from a linguistic stand point, nimang to systematically show the hidden gender ideologies and the linguistic means basing on linguistic theories and framework. This feature may set the study distinguished from Hilerary analysis in which meanings are more ofen derived from personal interpretation and emotions. Aims and research questions The current paper is devoted to a critical discourse analysis of positive and negative evaluation of men and women carried out in Vietnamese folk poems on love and marriage. The aims of this research are to clarify the ideologies embedded in the discourse and lo investigate linguistic means in which the ideologies are expressed Tn fact, the two aims are closely interrelated and they will be achieved simultaneously throughout the process of data analysis.
this analysis of the literature motucnium ef the Vielamese people is expected te raise people’s erilical awareness of the persisted gender inequality and partly help with gender balance through language. The study attempts to answer the following research questions: 1. What are the sexist ideologies m Vietnamese folk poems on love and marriage? 2. How are these ideologies linguistically reflected in Vietnamese folk poems on love aud mariage? 3.
Research methods and scope ‘This researcli adopted the approach of Critical Discourse Analysis. It analyzed 2000 selected folk poems on love and marriage which were collecled in lwo anthoplogics of Vietnamese folk poems by Va Ngee Phan and Phuc Hai. The analysis decoded gender dominance in folk poems that linked to the society. ‘The qualitative rs ABSTRACT The curcnt investigation is an attempt in CDA, conducting data analysis into 2000 Vietnamese folk poems on love and marriage, basing on Mairclough’s three- dimensional framework with the grounding of Systemic Functional Grammar by M K.
The research aims lo unveil the underlying sexist ideologies behind language, generally manifesting the domination of men over women in the feudal time. To achieve the aims, experiential values of words and grammar are deliberately exploited. The tescarch has reached some findings. Gender bias was clearly seen when women undertook varying roles both in the domestic and social sphere, but most of them were subordinate to men’s.
In terms of linguistic means which make great contributions to the discursive construction and representation of social relations, transitivity and semantic features display sexism the most. TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION - - - - - - i ACKNOWLEDGEMEMIS. scenes uesaeesseeesseesneesieeieaiaerieeniancealll ABSTRACT ii TABLE OF CONTENTS. LIST OF FIGURES.
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w PART By DEVELOPMUR TT wesc ieeisseneesiesiisnneenennerenenneseisessneareaieeD CHAPTER 1: LITERARUE REVIEW ANT? CONTEXTUAL BACKGROUND ta 7. Gender and language studies. Language and Sexism. Confucianism and its implications for gender equality in Vietnam.
The Vietnamese women’s status in patriarchal soeiety. Vietnamese folk poems on love and mariage "1 CIIAPTER 2: THILORETICAL BACKGROUND AND METIIODOLOGY. Definition of CDA - - - - 14 2. Kcy notions of CDA.
T5) iv exhibits behaviors among people. With their powerful language, folk pocms are not a neutral vehicle. Words are employed to hold people in respect but demonstrate blatant disregard for others ‘Therefore, | manage to do a thesis called “Sexism in Vietnamese folk poems on love and marriage” to partly disclose a social-cultural problem underlying the discowye. The sludy approached the folk poems from a linguistic stand point, nimang to systematically show the hidden gender ideologies and the linguistic means basing on linguistic theories and framework.
This feature may set the study distinguished from Hilerary analysis in which meanings are more ofen derived from personal interpretation and emotions. Aims and research questions The current paper is devoted to a critical discourse analysis of positive and negative evaluation of men and women carried out in Vietnamese folk poems on love and marriage. The aims of this research are to clarify the ideologies embedded in the discourse and lo investigate linguistic means in which the ideologies are expressed Tn fact, the two aims are closely interrelated and they will be achieved simultaneously throughout the process of data analysis. this analysis of the literature motucnium ef the Vielamese people is expected te raise people’s erilical awareness of the persisted gender inequality and partly help with gender balance through language.
The study attempts to answer the following research questions: 1. What are the sexist ideologies m Vietnamese folk poems on love and marriage? 2. How are these ideologies linguistically reflected in Vietnamese folk poems on love aud mariage? 3. Research methods and scope ‘This researcli adopted the approach of Critical Discourse Analysis.
It analyzed 2000 selected folk poems on love and marriage which were collecled in lwo anthoplogics of Vietnamese folk poems by Va Ngee Phan and Phuc Hai. The analysis decoded gender dominance in folk poems that linked to the society. ‘The qualitative rs 2. Mam †onets of CDAA.
ch HH hy 2. Fairclough’s analytical framewcrk 2. Lialliday”s systematie functienal grammar and CA. Procedure of data analy8is.
t0 1 de re CHAPTER 3: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS 3. Womenin the family setting 3. Women as caretakers for children. Women as caretakers for in-Taw family’s members 3.
Women as caretakers for house chores 3. Women as helpers for meth cscs seistenenssvennentrsersiesnssasoneeise 3. Women wailing for men 3. Women as inferiors 3.
Women badly treated. ào ni nhang ereieiee 3. Women as đependenL beintgs,.2, Women in the social setting. Women in low social lncrarchy 3.
Women as dependent beings PART C: CONCGLUBION. HH HH ghe 2. SuggesHions for fiuther research. REFERENCE; ABSTRACT The curcnt investigation is an attempt in CDA, conducting data analysis into 2000 Vietnamese folk poems on love and marriage, basing on Mairclough’s three- dimensional framework with the grounding of Systemic Functional Grammar by M K.
The research aims lo unveil the underlying sexist ideologies behind language, generally manifesting the domination of men over women in the feudal time. To achieve the aims, experiential values of words and grammar are deliberately exploited. The tescarch has reached some findings. Gender bias was clearly seen when women undertook varying roles both in the domestic and social sphere, but most of them were subordinate to men’s.
In terms of linguistic means which make great contributions to the discursive construction and representation of social relations, transitivity and semantic features display sexism the most. Mam †onets of CDAA. ch HH hy 2. Fairclough’s analytical framewcrk 2.
Lialliday”s systematie functienal grammar and CA. Procedure of data analy8is. t0 1 de re CHAPTER 3: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS 3. Womenin the family setting 3.
Women as caretakers for children. Women as caretakers for in-Taw family’s members 3. Women as caretakers for house chores 3. Women as helpers for meth cscs seistenenssvennentrsersiesnssasoneeise 3.
Women wailing for men 3. Women as inferiors 3. Women badly treated. ào ni nhang ereieiee 3.
Women as đependenL beintgs,.2, Women in the social setting. Women in low social lncrarchy 3. Women as dependent beings PART C: CONCGLUBION. HH HH ghe 2.
SuggesHions for fiuther research. Mam †onets of CDAA. ch HH hy 2. Fairclough’s analytical framewcrk 2.
Lialliday”s systematie functienal grammar and CA. Procedure of data analy8is. t0 1 de re CHAPTER 3: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS 3. Womenin the family setting 3.
Women as caretakers for children. Women as caretakers for in-Taw family’s members 3. Women as caretakers for house chores 3. Women as helpers for meth cscs seistenenssvennentrsersiesnssasoneeise 3.
Women wailing for men 3. Women as inferiors 3. Women badly treated. ào ni nhang ereieiee 3.
Women as đependenL beintgs,.2, Women in the social setting. Women in low social lncrarchy 3. Women as dependent beings PART C: CONCGLUBION. HH HH ghe 2.
SuggesHions for fiuther research. REFERENCE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS During the process of doing the thesis, I have received a lot of precious lessons, necessary supporl and ummely encouragement from my teachers, family and. First of all, I wish to express my deepest gratitude to my supervisor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, who has always been willing to give me valunble advice and patience so that 1 can successfully complete the thesis.
My sincere thanks are also sent to all of the teachers at the University of Languages and International Studies Lor their useful lessons during my two-year leaming here.ast but not least,T would like Lo send my heartfelt. thanks to my family and frionds for everything. ABBREVIATIONS CDA : Crilical Discourse Analysis CL; Critical Linguistics LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: ‘Three lines of meaning in the clause Figure 2: The grammar of experience: types of process in English vi PART A: INTRODUCTION 1. Rationale Both women and men make up the whole world and are imporlant workforee and integral elements of the economic development and the advance of society.
Tlawever, over hundreds of years struggling in many parts of the world, women’s rights finally became human’s rights as voiced by Hillary Clinton at the United Nations l‘ourth World Conference on Women in China, 5 September 1995.
