The role of extra-verbal factors in understanding the Vietnam war protest songs by Pete Seeger = Vai trò của những yếu tố ngoại ngôn trong việc hiểu những ca khúc chống chiến tranh Việt Nam của Pete Seeger

• Main Author: Nguyễn, Hà Nhật Chi, 1991-
• Other Authors: Ngô, Tự Lập
• Format: Theses
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Ngôn ngữ học ứng dụng ; Ngoại ngôn ; Tiếng Anh; 418
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/69864
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

For the purpose of evaluating the influence of extra-verbal factors on literary cognition, this study was based on the theoretical framework developed by Valentin Nikolaevich Voloshinov in the 1920s, especially in his works “Discourse in Life and Discourse in Art” and "Marxism and Philosophy of Language”. For this study, we selected Pete Seeger's anti-war songs as study materials. The study was conducted on English-speaking participants, including English language students and employees who use and work with English. During the study, participants were asked to translate protest songs into Vietnamese twice, before and after being given information about Pete Seeger and the songs. Survey questionnaires were used to examine individual cognitive abilities for the meaning of the songs. The analysis of collected translations and questionnaires shows that: (1) There is a significant difference in the participant’s understanding of the songs before and after they explored the extra-verbal factors underlying their creation. (2) The kinds of extra-verbal factors that underlie their perception difference include historical background knowledge on the US, information about the author, and knowledge about Vietnam - relationship. In addition, the research shows that extra-verbal factors contribute very much to the participants’ perception of aesthetic value of songs and help increase significantly effectiveness of teaching reading comprehension.