Associate Professor, PhD Pham Van Tinh is known for many publications on language such as: Opacity and ellipsis in Vietnamese (Social Sciences Publishing House, 2002); A Day's Journey (Labor Publishing House, 2003); Vietnamese: From Words to Meanings (Encyclopedia Publishing House, 2004); Vietnamese from Life (Tre Publishing House, 2004), Beauty: How to Eat, How to Speak (Tre Publishing House, 2005); Discussing Words and Meanings (Culture and Information Publishing House, 2007); Loving Vietnamese (4 books, Kim Dong Publishing House, 2008); Vietnamese: Journey Through Crosswords (Tri Thuc Publishing House, 2009); Interpretation of Folk Songs, Idioms, and Proverbs (Kim Dong Publishing House, 2013)...
He also writes poetry, articles, is an advisor for the program "King of Vietnamese" and participates in teaching and guiding many masters and doctoral students in language.
Having been immersed in the cultural flow for many years, Associate Professor, Doctor Pham Van Tinh always gives thorough and satisfactory assessments of the movement and development of the Vietnamese language in life.
He said: "Language reflects life and in the "colorful picture of language" we cannot help but mention the language of young people...
In fact, many young people criticize the language of the "old men" as old-fashioned, backward, and outdated. Meanwhile, many older people insist that the language of today's youth is "corrupt, chaotic, and arbitrary", destroying the purity of Vietnamese.
But we must clearly define "what is purity?". Purity does not mean not accepting "endogenous and exogenous" factors on the existing foundation. Purity is complete, reasonable, appropriate and facilitates communication. Old and young need to cooperate with each other for the development of Vietnamese language".
Associate Professor, Dr. Pham Van Tinh also believes that there is no "strong language" and "weak language", there is only "rich and beautiful" language and "expressive" language (in terms of phonetics, vocabulary, grammar, etc.). Vietnamese is increasingly promoting its role and strength as a typical language of the isolating language type.
Associate Professor, PhD Pham Van Tinh is Deputy Director of the Institute of Vietnamese Studies in Ho Chi Minh City, Director of the Center for Vietnamese Studies in Hanoi , and former Secretary General of the Vietnam Linguistics Association. He is dedicated to his professional work, but very generous, friendly, approachable, and humorous in everyday life.
Associate Professor, Dr. Pham Van Tinh (far left) with guests and advisors in the program "King of Vietnamese Language". |
Speaking about his colleague, Professor, Doctor Nguyen Van Hiep, former Director of the Vietnam Institute of Linguistics, said: “Associate Professor, Doctor Pham Van Tinh’s articles on Vietnamese idioms and proverbs are always sincere, full of love for the language and soul of the nation. He writes about his vegetable garden on the rooftop very honestly. Readers can see his care and joy for each squash, gourd, each mustard plant, each small tomato. I have never seen Mr. Tinh speak badly of anyone. If anyone says anything bad about him, he just smiles.”
Professor, Dr. Nguyen Van Hiep recalled the memory: “Associate Professor, Dr. Pham Van Tinh was very fond of football. One day, when I watched TV, there was a scene where linguist Pham Van Tinh wrote a football commentary, I felt so sorry for him. People were watching football, lazing around, sipping cold beer in an air-conditioned room, while he was shirtless, warming himself in front of an electric fan, holding a pen in his hand, taking detailed notes about which minute each side got a corner kick, which minute each player was substituted, which minute a goal was not scored because of offside, which minute who scored... He had to work hard to have a commentary in the newspaper the next day.”
Mourning Associate Professor, Doctor Pham Van Tinh, Associate Professor, Doctor Nguyen The Ky, Vice Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council, and Head of the Theory and Criticism Board of Vietnamese Literature and Arts, emotionally shared: “Mr. Pham Van Tinh is a veteran, a brother, a beloved classmate and colleague, who has been with me for nearly 50 years, since we studied in the same class, slept in the same room at Me Tri Dormitory, studied in the same graduate class at the Faculty of Literature, Hanoi National University and the Institute of Linguistics.
Mr. Tinh is always passionate, devoted, and works hard for his family, brothers, friends, agency, and colleagues. He has spent his whole life burning himself out, suffering greatly, and struggling alone on a dusty motorbike for science, literature, language, journalism, and for the purity of the Vietnamese language.
Loving and "deeply attached" to the Vietnamese language, spending a lifetime researching, learning, and preserving the beauty of the Vietnamese language, Associate Professor, Doctor Pham Van Tinh is also known as a scientist with modern thinking. He always encourages language change to suit the development of society, and respects the creativity of young people.
Cover of a book by Associate Professor, Dr. Pham Van Tinh. |
Associate Professor, Dr. Pham Van Tinh always emphasizes languageeducation in schools through the combination of family, school and society. Young people should not forget Vietnamese by violating, or even breaking, the language standards formed from history, culture and national traditions.
He also attaches special importance to the role of the press in promoting, guiding people to speak correctly, write correctly, and more importantly, speak well, write well. The press is always considered the standard, so all its products have spreading value.
Associate Professor, Dr. Pham Van Tinh also believes that the National Language (the language and way of speaking of Vietnamese) is one of the factors that create the soul of national culture. Journalists, in addition to knowledge and expertise, must also be cultured in order to write correctly, well, and deeply, and this is the "standard flag" for everyone to follow.
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