UNIVERSITY OF DANANG UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES NGUYỄN THỊ BÍCH HẰNG A Study of Metonymical Expressions Relating to Human Body Parts in Truyen Kieu by Nguyen Du And the English Translational Version by Michael Counsell from the Cognitive Perspective MASTER THESIS IN SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES Da Nang, 2022 UNIVERSITY OF DANANG UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES NGUYỄN THỊ BÍCH HẰNG A Study of Metonymical Expressions Relating to Human Body Parts in Truyen Kieu by Nguyen Du And the English Translational Version by Michael Counsell from the Cognitive Perspective Major: English Linguistics Code: 60.01 MASTER THESIS IN SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES SUPERVISOR: Assoc. PHAN VĂN HOÀ Da Nang, 2022 2 STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP Except where reference is made in the text of the thesis, this thesis contains no material published elsewhere or extracted in whole or in part from a thesis by which I have qualified for or been awarded another degree or diploma. No other person’s work has been used without due acknowledgements in the thesis. This thesis has not been submitted for the award of any degree or diploma in any other tertiary institution Da Nang, June 2022 NGUYỄN THỊ BÍCH HẰNG ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In the process of doing the graduation paper, I have received a lot of help, assistance, guidance and encouragement from my teachers, family and friends.
First, we would like to convey my sincere thanks to my supervisor, Assoc. Phan Van Hoa, whose encouragement, guidance and support in order to help me complete my graduation paper. Without his valuable recommendations, I could not finish this study. Moreover, I am also like to thank all teachers at University of Foreign Language Studies- The University of Da Nang.
Without their help and encouragement, I would not have accomplished my thesis. Finally, I would like to thank my friends in class K39.DN for an invaluable source of mental support during the time I conduct my study. ABSTRACT This study aims to examine the metonymical expressions relating to human body parts in Truyen Kieu by Nguyen Du and the English translational version by Michael Counsell from the cognitive perspective. Moreover, this thesis was carried out to investigate the commonly translation procedures used to convey the content and meaning of metonymical expressions in Truyen Kieu from Vietnamese into English.
93 samples related to these metonymical expressions relating to human body parts in Vietnamese and their equivalents in the translational version were collected from the book to support the investigation. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches were applied in order to help the researcher achieve the aims and objectives proposed. Furthermore, after studying the finding of the thesis, it was discovered that the translator employed many different procedures of translating suggested by Peter Newmark to translate these metonymical expressions relating to human body parts from Vietnamese into English. Finally, I hope that the results of the study could provide teachers and learners of English and Vietnamese with a better understanding of translation procedures from Vietnamese into English in terms of metonymical expressions relating to human body parts and give some suggestions for further research and implications for language teaching and learning as well.
TABLE OF CONTENTS STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP.III implications for language teaching and learning as well.III TABLE OF CONTENTS.IV LIST OF TABLES. 2 LIST OF FIGURES. 3 LIST OF IMAGE. 4 CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES. SCOPE OF THE STUDY. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY. ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY.
4 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW AND THEORETICAL BACKGROUND. REVIEW OF PREVIOUS STUDIES. Definition of Metonymy. Classification of Metonymy.
Metonymy in Cognitive Linguistics.5 Metonymy versus Other Ways of Meaning Transference.3 THEORY OF TRANSLATION. Definitions of translation. PROFILES OF NGUYEN DU WITH TRUYEN KIEU AND TRANSLATOR MICHAEL COUNSEL. Nguyen Du’s Life and Career.
A brief review of Truyen Kieu. Michael Counsell’s Life and Career.24 CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY.5 RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY. 28 CHAPTER FOUR: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS. THE METONYMICAL EXPRESSIONS RELATING TO HUMAN BODY PARTS IN NGUYEN DU’S TRUYEN KIEU.1 The metonymical expressions relating to human body parts in Nguyen Du’s Truỵen Kieu realized in terms of linguistic features from cognitive perspective.
HOW ARE THE METONYMICAL EXPRESSIONS RELATING TO HUMAN BODY PARTS IN TRUYEN KIEU BY NGUYEN DU TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY MICHAEL COUNSELL?. The Vietnamese metonymical expressions relating to human body parts are translated into English metonymical expressions. The number and percentage of translation procedures of Vietnamese Metonymical expressions into English metonymical expressions.The number and percentage of the meaning metonymical expression translation procedures. 76 CHAPTER FIVE: CONCLUSION.
IMPLICATION OF THE STUDY. Implication for Language Teaching and Learning. Implications for Translating. LIMITATION OF THE STUDY.86 REFERENCES LIST OF TABLES Figure 2.
Conceptual mapping of Metonymy (Ruiz de Mendoza, 1997). Conceptual mapping of Metaphor (Phan Van Hoa & Ho Trinh Quynh Thu (2018).11 Image 1: Parts of the body. The total number of times the words referring to human body parts appear in Truyen Kieu and the number of times the metonymical expressions relating to the human body parts. 30 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 2.
Conceptual mapping of Metonymy (Ruiz de Mendoza, 1997) Figure 2. Conceptual mapping of Metaphor (Phan Van Hoa & Ho Trinh Quynh Thu (2018) Image 1: Parts of the body Table 4. The total number of times the words referring to human body parts appear in Truyen Kieu and the number of times the metonymical expressions relating to the human body parts. LIST OF IMAGE Figure 2.
Conceptual mapping of Metonymy (Ruiz de Mendoza, 1997) Figure 2. Conceptual mapping of Metaphor (Phan Van Hoa & Ho Trinh Quynh Thu (2018) Image 1: Parts of the body Table 4. The total number of times the words referring to human body parts appear in Truyen Kieu and the number of times the metonymical expressions relating to the human body parts. 1 CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.
RATIONALE Nowadays, as the whole globe is coming together based on information sharing and communicative advances, it is natural that there has been a constant demand and an unprecedented need for translation of ideas from one language to another. Therefore, Through language, literature is an enormous treasure of a nation. Literature plays a requisite part in language as well as in life and it helps humans to recognize see the world in multi-levels of our emotions, especially the emotion that grows from the language in use. One of the elements makes the language in literature more lively, imaginable and expressive is rhetorical figure – art of using language effectively and persuasively.
The more they are used, the more flexible and diverse the language will be. The power they bring is not merely in the words but the meaning they convey. Therefore, rhetorical figures are considered the essential and indispensable phenomenon in literary work. Nguyen Du is a great poet of Vietnam and also an influential poet of world literature.
He is famous for Truyen Kieu - a masterpiece of all eras - one of the most beautiful and it has been well-known all over the world for its plot, episodes and original expressions and it comes as no surprise that it has been translated into different languages such as English, German, Chinese, Japanese, Polish and so on. In his work, there is a large of rhetorical styles that were used to describe characters, landscapes or behaviour. These words and expressions are so lively and have a great expressive value. Nguyen Du was very talented when using stylistic devices perfectly to relate an insight to the reader.
Metonymy is one of the stylistic devices which is skillfully used through “ Truyen Kieu” and it becomes a powerful tool to intensify the ideas, aspirations and intentions of the author. Metonymy in this masterpiece helps readers to perceive the depth of the meaning and the thickness of literary form. Metonymy has a lot of uses in language, it does not only create ornate 2 and flowery words, but also brings the word’s meaning and thanks to that, metonymy contributes to diversity of literature. Generally, metonymy is used in developing literary symbolism, meaning it gives more profound meanings to otherwise common ideas and objects.
Texts exhibit deeper or hidden meanings, thus drawing readers‟ attention. Furthermore, like other literary elements, metonymy is employed to add a poetic color to words to make them come to life. Although much has been written and many claims have been made about metonymy in Kieu and translational version by Michal Counsell. So far, there are not many research has been done metonymy relating to human body parts in Kieu story.
That is the reason why I carry out this thesis: " A study of metonymical expressions relating to human body parts in Truyen Kieu by Nguyen Du and the English translational version by Michael Counsell from the cognitive perspective” with the hope that it will contribute a thorough look at images that the author used with different purposes, simultaneously, it helps readers, writers, teachers and students have deeper understanding about art used this work. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. Aims This study is aimed to research the functions of metonymical expressions relating to human body parts and how it is used popularly in Truyen Kieu. Furthermore, these expressions will be compared and contrasted to see the similarities and differences of metonymical expressions relating to human body parts used in both languages.
By contrasting the two versions analyzed in the metonymical expressions relating to human body parts are a translation in this study, the researcher would provide both English and Vietnamese readers and learners with deeper and newer explorations of language use in Truyen Kieu. Furthermore, by the finding of this study, we can avoid some mistakes when we translate the work into English. In 3 addition, translators and teachers of English can get some benefits in mastering language skills such as translating the expressions of metonymy relating to human body parts from Vietnamese into English. Objectives To achieve the aim of the study, the researcher tries to reach the following objectives intended like finding out the linguistic features of metonymical expressions relating to human body parts realized in terms of linguistic features from cognitive perspective.
Moreover, to compare and contrast metonymical expressions relating to human body parts in English and Vietnamese in Truyen Kieu through translation methods. RESEARCH QUESTIONS The study is carried out in order to seek the answers to the following questions: 1. How are the metonymical expressions relating to human body parts in Nguyen Du’s Truyen Kieu realized in terms of linguistic features from cognitive perspective? 2. How are the metonymical expressions relating to human body parts in Truyen Kieu by Nguyen Du translated into English by Michael Counsell? 1.
SCOPE OF THE STUDY There are many versions of Truyen Kieu in both original version and its English version for analysis. However, this study focuses on the book Truyen Kieu - bilingual Vietnamese – English, translated by Michael Counsell (2017) the analysis of the metonymical expressions relating to human body parts in Truyen Kieu and their equivalents in English version based on the theory of translation of Peter Newmark. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY The study of metonymical expressions relating to human body parts in Truyen Kieu by Nguyen Du and the English translational version by Michael Counsell from the cognitive perspective is significance in some aspects. Firstly, the study will provide valuable information and a better understanding of metonymy used through human body parts in a great literature work in poetry as Truyen Kieu, from which the enjoyment for this masterpiece will be deeper and greater by the scientific supplementation.
Secondly, the thesis will clarify the ways of translating metonymical expressions relating to human body parts in Truyen Kieu fromVietnamese to English; this will open the potentials for better translation to those who are concerned.