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Vietnamese, like Thai and many languages in Southeast Asia, is an analytic language. Vietnamese does not use morphological marking of case, gender, number or tense (and, as a result, has no finite/nonfinite distinction).
These languages create sentences with independent root morphemes with grammatical relations between words being expressed with separate words. Examples of analytics or isolating languages include Chinese languages and Vietnamese.
Oct 5, 2021 · The similarities between Vietnamese and Chinese are also discussed in Sidwell (2008) who points out that Vietnamese (though it is officially an Austroasiatic language) has completely lost the rich morphological system proto-Austroasiatic (also called proto Mon–Khmer) languages had.
- Rinus G Verdonschot, Hoàng Thị Lan Phương, Katsuo Tamaoka
- 2021
That means a single word in Vietnamese often contains only one morpheme which is also the word. From this, we can know that nearly all morphemes in Vietnamese as well as in isolating languages are free morphemes and they functions as single words (nhà, đất, nước, sự, cuộc, việc, đã, sẽ, đang …)
- Pham Trang
Based on the Chinese characters and the degree of Vietnamization, we divide the elements in Vietnamese language borrowed from Chinese language at the level of word formation into four types: semi-morphemes (which only have sound with unidentified meanings); semi-free morphemes 1 (which can only be combined with Sino-Vietnamese morphemes); semi ...
- yen phan
Vietnamese, like many languages in Southeast Asia, is an analytic (and isolating) language. Vietnamese lacks morphological marking of case, gender, number, and tense (and, as a result, has no finite/nonfinite distinction). [1] Overview. Vietnamese is often erroneously considered to be a "monosyllabic" language.
Apr 12, 2024 · In conclusion, the Vietnamese language embodies a rich tapestry of tones, morphology, and historical influences that reflect the complexity and diversity of Vietnam’s cultural landscape. From its melodious tones to its intricate morphological structures, Vietnamese captivates learners with its beauty and challenges them with its intricacies.
