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A PHONOLOGICAL CONTRASTIVE STUDY OF VIETNAMESE AND ENGLISH by HOANG THI QUYNH HOA A THESIS IN ENGLISH Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Texas Technological College in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of, MASTER OF ARTS Approved May, 1965 ^ fjo 69 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I acknowledge here my gratitude to Professor Karl Reuning, my Adviser, for his guidance, patience, and fatherly encouragement, without which the study would never have been possible; to the Texas Technological College library for its helpfulness in providing me with inter-library loan books which made the study more complete; and to the Institute of International Education for financial aido 11 CONTENTS MAP OF VIETNAM AND SURROUNDING AREAS o o o o o o , vi lo INTRODUCTION » o o » » o o o Purpose of the Study o o » c o » o o Importance of the Study » o o « o o « o Scope of the Study o o » » o o 10 IIo VIETNAMESE SECTION o » o o o « o o 11 ^ V ^ x i C r u U.X U O 0 0 0 0 0 H Language family and historical remarks o 11 Dialects and their differences o o » o o 12 Phonemic Analysis of Vietnamese o o o « o o 16 The structure of spoken Vietnamese » o o l6 X XI\^ W) O i l " O i.ri6 V O W X S 0 * 0 0 0 0 J-L/ ^^ o o â ô ô < » o » o » » o o The consonants o o « o 34 Prosodic features o o » o « « 50 III o ENGLISH SECTION vjener a n u s s , o o o o o o o o 55 o o o o o o o « o i > » « o Phonemic Analysis of English o o , o o o c The structure cf spoken English X n V O W G - L i D o a o The consonants a o o o pj? ^1 « o o o 57 o o o P ( » o « » o o o 66 The prosodic features o « » o o ^ « 75 o « o 111 IV IVc PHONOLOGICAL CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS OF o o , < o o o SO VIETNAMESE AND ENGLISH • i l l " VO W O X o o o o o o o o o e Distinction in Vietnamese o o o o o a o O ^ o » S2 Distinction in English « o S3 Features common to both languages ^3 Teaching problems The Consonants o o ^3 o « o o « o o5 Distinction in Vietnamese « ^5 Distinction in English , « o Teaching problems ^9 o o o » = « 91 xne xauiaxs o o o o o •! The dentals and alveolars o o 93 •Lne paiaoaj-s ine veia^ s J O luu » » o o o « o o « o o i.\jj> o o o o o o o o A.\ji~^ j.ne gxOwwaiiD General remarks « * o o o 104 Analysis of the consonant clusters o o 104 Other problems « o o o o 106 Analysis of Vietnamese and English Prosodic Features o o o o o o c o lO'^ V _, AN ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH AND THREE MAIN DIALECTS SPOKEN IK VIETNAM VI CONCLUSION 112 o o o , o o 118 BIBLIOGRAFHi o » o o « c 12i LIST OF TABLES J-0 Vietnamese ^nonemes © o ^ o o o o o o o o o o o i^ IIo Initial Consonants and Vowel Combinations o o o o 43 IIIo Vowels and Final Consonant Combinations o o » « o 45 IVo Vietnamese and English Consonants » o o » o o o S6 Vo VIo viio V l l l o iJi o Consonant Distribution of Vietnamese and English English (American) o o « o o o o o o o o 114 xianoi iJiaxeco o o o o o o o o o o -TlUe I ' l a i S C L ' o o a i g o n I'laxecu o o ^7 o o o o o o o o o o o o o.oo o o o o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 up -LJ-