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18 th Annual COTSEAL Conference, July 18-19, 2008 University of Wisconsin - Madison

18 th Annual COTSEAL Conference, July 18-19, 2008 University of Wisconsin - Madison. The Challenge in a Conceptual Change: Vietnamese Verbs with Tense Markers or Aspect Markers?. Tammie M. Tran University of California, Irvine. Outline. L3. L1. L2. General Introduction

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18 th Annual COTSEAL Conference, July 18-19, 2008 University of Wisconsin - Madison

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  1. 18th Annual COTSEAL Conference, July 18-19, 2008 University of Wisconsin - Madison The Challenge in a Conceptual Change: Vietnamese Verbs with Tense Markers or Aspect Markers? Tammie M. Tran University of California, Irvine

  2. Outline L3 L1 L2 • General Introduction • Vietnamese word order • Vietnamese verbs • Position of the verb in the sentence • The most important distinction between Vietnamese verbs and the verbs in other languages • Verbs – Concept • Grammatical meaning • Syntactic meaning • Lexical and semantic meaning • Temporal reference forms

  3. L3 Outline (2) L1 L2 • Any Possibility?/Challenge in a Change – Tense Marker or Aspect Marker in Viet. Language • Comparative analysis of distinctions of Vietnamese verbs and verbs in other languages • Basic features of tense markers and aspect markers • Tense marker or aspect marker? • Unavailable qualities in Vietnamese tense markers • The qualities of aspect in Vietnamese markers ‘đã, đang, sắp, sẽ, etc.’ • Conclusions and pedagogical implications

  4. English Subject - Verb - Object Vietnamese Subject - Verb - Object Word Order

  5. Position Most important distinction – No conjugation/no agreement (in terms of subject, gender, number, case) I study my Vietnamese lesson. Tôi học bài tiếng Việt. She studies her Vietnamese lesson. Cô ấy học bài tiếng Việt. Vietnamese Verbs

  6. Grammatical meaning Predicate Form - Ø (invaried) Temporal reference Tense Aspect Mood Voice Vietnamese Verbs – Concepts

  7. Vietnamese Verbs – Concepts (2) English Vietnamese 1.Tense 2.Aspect 3.Voice Indicative 4.Mood Imperative Subjunctive 1.Thì 2.Thức 3.Dạng/Thể 4.Cách≠≠ * Thể + - ? + - ?

  8. Syntactical meaning Verb - vi + vt vt vi Auxiliary verb Vietnamese Verbs – Concepts (3)

  9. Lexical and semantic meaning Verbs of action State verbs (Auxilary verbs) Causative verbs Verbs of existence, appearance, disappearance Verbs of feeling or perception Verbs of wish, desire, wants Vietnamese Verbs – Concepts (4)

  10. Temporal reference forms expressed by Particles accompanied with verbs Chúng tôi đã gặp nhau hôm qua. We met each other yesterday. Adverbial phrases of time Chúng tôi gặp nhau hôm qua./Hôm qua chúng tôi gặp nhau. We met each other yesterday. Grammatical/pragmatic context --- Vietnamese Verbs – Concepts (5)

  11. Grammatical/pragmatic context Anh về bao giờ?/Bao giờ anh về? When did you come back?/ When will you come back? Biết em buông mối chỉ hồng Tiếc anh đi chậm nên đứng ngoài phòng bơ vơ. Know that you let loose the pink thread for marriage tie Regret I was slow and stood lonely outside Vietnamese Verbs – Concepts (6)

  12. Vietnamese Verbs - Differences Position Conjugation/agreement Temporal expressions Chúng tôi đã gặp nhau hôm qua. We met each other yesterday. Chúng tôi gặp nhau hôm qua. We met each other yesterday. Tense or Aspect Marker?

  13. Tense or Aspect Marker? (2) • Tense • Sohn (1995) (p24) • ‘Tense is obligatory in Korean’ • Aspect • Sohn (1995) (p24) • ‘Aspect is optional in Korean’

  14. Tense or Aspect Marker? (3) L3 L2 • English • Tense – P, Pr, F • Aspect – Perf, Imperf., Progressive, (Simple) L1 L5 L4 • Russian • Tense – P, Pr, F (Anderson, 2006) • Tense + Aspect - • P, Pr + Perf, Imperf., Prospective (Jakobson, 1957+Anderson,2007)

  15. Tense or Aspect Marker? (4) • Korean • Soga (1983) • –ru and –ta affixes – noncompleted & completed • aspectual markers • Chinese • McEnery and Xiao (2003) • ‘Romance languages, French & Spanish: • Tense – important (tense languages) • Chinese: • Aspect – more important (aspect language)’

  16. Vietnamese – Tense? No mandatory No conjugation No S-V agreement (in terms of gender, number, case) Tense or Aspect Marker? (5) Đã, đang, sắp, sẽ ------ Aspect? Perfective Chúng tôi gặp nhau hôm qua. Chúng tôi đã gặp nhau hôm qua. He is talking to his students. Tense - is - Pr Aspect – be + ing - Progressive

  17. Tense or Aspect Marker? (6)  English Vietnamese 

  18. Conclusions & Pedagogical Implications • Tense/tense markers? • Time frame? • Aspect/aspect markers? • Pedagogical implications Thank you & Comments are welcomed

  19. Mai sau, dù có bao giờ Đốt lò hương ấy, so tơ phím này: Sometime, if ever you tune this lute, Or light that incense vessel, look outdoors: (Translated by Huynh (1987)) Biết em buông mối chỉ hồng Tiếc anh đi chậm nên đứng ngoài phòng bơ vơ (Know that you let loose the pink thread for marriage tie Regret I was slow and stayed lonely outside) Discussions Tense--?/Time frame--? Aspect--?

  20. Tối qua, khi tôi đang ăn cơm thì điện thoại reo. Yesterday evening, when I was having dinner, the phone rang. Đến cuối năm sau (thì) tôi đã hoàn tất dự án này rồi. I will have finished this project by the end of next year. Đến cuối năm sau (thì) tôi mới hoàn tất dự án này rồi. I won’t have finished this project until the end of next year. Đến tháng chín, tôi mới trở lại trường. I won’t be back to school until September Discussions (2) Tense--?/Time frame--? Aspect--?

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