ABOUT THE WORD MOU 某 IN THE NOM POETRY COLLECTION OF NGUYEN TRAI
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Abstract
The Nom poetry collection is one of the typical works in the poetic career of Nguyen Trai and the Nom literature. As regards vocabulary, this work contains a large volume of ancient Vietnamese words that, without looking up, are difficult to understand the Vietnamese language used nearly seven centuries ago. The article focuses on studying the semantics and pragmatics of the ancient Nom words in the poetry collection. By analyzing each occurrence of the word mou and comparing it with the annotations of previous researchers, about the paper concludesthe meaning of the word mou in each case or proposes some new interpretation, contributing to clarifying the meaning of the word mou. The purpose of the study is also to confirm Nguyen Trai’s outstanding contributions in many aspects: national language, culture, and art, especially classical poetry.
Keywords
ancient word, mou, Nom poetry, Nguyen Trai, The Nom poetry collection
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