Nguyễn Văn Lợi Explained

Nguyễn Văn Lợi
Birth Date:9 June 1947
Birth Place:Nam Định Province, Vietnam
Death Place:Hanoi, Vietnam
Nationality:Vietnamese
Occupation:Linguist
Children:Nguyễn Thu Thủy
Education:University of Hanoi (1970)
Alma Mater:USSR Academy of Sciences (1983)
Workplaces:Institute of Linguistics (Viện Ngôn ngữ học), Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences
Main Interests:Linguistics and languages of Vietnam

Nguyễn Văn Lợi (June 9, 1947 – December 20, 2020[1]) was a Vietnamese linguist who served as the deputy director of the Institute of Linguistics (Vietnamese: Viện Ngôn ngữ học) at the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences.[2] [3]

Early life

Nguyễn was born on June 9, 1947, in Nam Định Province, Vietnam.[2]

Education and career

From 1966 to 1970, Nguyễn studied linguistics at the Department of Literature of the University of Hanoi. In 1970, started working at the Institute of Linguistics of the Vietnam Social Sciences Committee (now the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences). At the Institute of Linguistics, he did research on ethnic minority languages in Vietnam.[2]

Nguyễn did his graduate studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences from 1979 and 1983, where he wrote a dissertation on historical phonetics and Hmong dialects. He then returned to work at the Institute of Linguistics in Hanoi.[2]

From 1995 to 2005, Nguyễn was the deputy director of the Institute of Linguistics in Hanoi. He became Professor in 1996. He worked at the Institute of Dictionaries and Encyclopedias of Vietnam from 2008 to 2012.[4] Nguyễn died on December 20, 2020, in Hanoi, Vietnam shortly after presenting at a linguistics conference.[2]

Academic interests

Nguyễn's primary academic research interests were:[2]

Family

His daughter was Nguyễn Thu Thủy, who won the 4th Miss Vietnam beauty pageant in 1994.[5]

Selected publications

Books

Articles

Articles published in Ngôn ngữ:

Notes and References

  1. https://tamnhin.trithuccuocsong.vn/gsts-nguyen-van-loi-mot-chuyen-gia-hang-dau-ve-ngon-ngu-hoc-97692.html GS.TS Nguyễn Văn Lợi- Một chuyên gia hàng đầu về Ngôn ngữ học
  2. Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society. 14. 1. 2021. xxvii-xxxiv. 1836-6821. In Memoriam: Nguyễn Văn Lợi (1947-2020). University of Hawaiʼi Press.
  3. http://kinhtedothi.vn/dieu-chuyen-vien-truong-vien-ngon-ngu-hoc-can-can-nhac-ky-381985.html Điều chuyển Viện trưởng Viện Ngôn ngữ học: Cần cân nhắc kỹ
  4. https://tamnhin.trithuccuocsong.vn/vo-cung-thuong-tiec-gsts-ngon-ngu-hoc-nguyen-van-loi-97693.html Vô cùng thương tiếc GS.TS ngôn ngữ học Nguyễn Văn Lợi
  5. Web site: Tin sốc: Hoa hậu Nguyễn Thu Thủy đột ngột qua đời ở tuổi 45 vì đột quỵ. Vietnamese. 5 June 2021. 5 June 2021.