The Study On The Vietnamese Address Terms Of Post And Rank

Among the various language behaviors of all ethnic groups in the world, address term is one kind of social language behavior which is very universal and significant. Adderss term is a phenomenon of both language and social culture. While the address term of post and rank is one of the essential parts of address terms in Vietnamese. At present, the studies referring toVietnamese vocabulary mainly focus on the vocabulary of relatives address term, human body, color, orientation and other categories. However, there are only a few literatures concerning Vietnamese address terms of post and rank, and they indicate no more than enumerating and illustrating, lacking of minute study. Vietnamese address terms of post and rank as its study object, the paper tries to analyze, from the linguistic perspective, the word-formation of the Vietnamese address terms of post and rank; and to elaborate its development and cultural phenomenon from perspective of sociolinguistics and cultural linguistics. Thus through the cognition of the word-formation and the culture, the paper can offer certain guidance to practice.The paper consists of three parts : the first part classifies and analyzes the collected corpus of Vietnamese address terms post and rank; the second part is about the analysis of its development and cultural connotation from the perspectives of social and psychological factors;the last part puts forward opinions and suggestions for the problems where attention should be paid in applying the Vietnamese address terms post and rank. The paper is to attract more attention from more Chinese learners and scholars in the field of Vietnamese learning to the multiple-perspective study of the Vietnamese address terms of post and rank.