Nguyễn Văn Lợi

NguyÃ¡Â»Ân VÃÂn LÃ¡Â»Â£i (June 9, 1947 Ã¢ÂÂ December 20, 2020) was a Vietnamese linguist who served as the deputy director of the Institute of Linguistics () at the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences.

Early life

NguyÃ¡Â»Ân was born on June 9, 1947, in Nam ÃÂÃ¡Â»Ânh Province, Vietnam.

Education and career

From 1966 to 1970, NguyÃ¡Â»Ân 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.

NguyÃ¡Â»Ân 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.

From 1995 to 2005, NguyÃ¡Â»Ân 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. NguyÃ¡Â»Ân died on December 20, 2020, in Hanoi, Vietnam shortly after presenting at a linguistics conference.

Academic interests

NguyÃ¡Â»Ân's primary academic research interests were:

historical linguistics
historical phonology
linguistic typology
language ecology and language policy

Personal life

His daughter was NguyÃ¡Â»Ân Thu ThÃ¡Â»Â§y, who won the 4th Miss Vietnam beauty pageant in 1994.

Selected publications

Books

1993. TiÃ¡ÂºÂ¿ng RÃ¡Â»Â¥c (The Ruc language). HÃÂ NÃ¡Â»Âi: NhÃÂ xuÃ¡ÂºÂ¥t bÃ¡ÂºÂ£n Khoa hÃ¡Â»Âc XÃÂ£ hÃ¡Â»Âi.
1998. TiÃ¡ÂºÂ¿ng Katu (The Katu language). HÃÂ NÃ¡Â»Âi: NhÃÂ xuÃ¡ÂºÂ¥t bÃ¡ÂºÂ£n Khoa hÃ¡Â»Âc XÃÂ£ hÃ¡Â»Âi. (co-authored with NguyÃ¡Â»Ân HÃ¡Â»Â¯u HoÃÂ nh)
2006. NgÃ¡Â»Â¯ phÃÂ¡p tiÃ¡ÂºÂ¿ng CÃÂ¡ Tu (Katu grammar). SÃ¡Â»Â Khoa HÃ¡Â»Âc VÃÂ CÃÂ´ng NghÃ¡Â»Â QuÃ¡ÂºÂ£ng Nam. (co-authored with NguyÃ¡Â»Ân HÃ¡Â»Â¯u HoÃÂ nh and TÃ¡ÂºÂ¡ VÃÂn ThÃÂ´ng)
2008. TiÃ¡ÂºÂ¿ng MÃ¡ÂºÂ£ng (The Mang language). HÃÂ NÃ¡Â»Âi: NhÃÂ xuÃ¡ÂºÂ¥t bÃ¡ÂºÂ£n Khoa hÃ¡Â»Âc XÃÂ£ hÃ¡Â»Âi. (co-authored with NguyÃ¡Â»Ân HÃ¡Â»Â¯u HoÃÂ nh and TÃ¡ÂºÂ¡ VÃÂn ThÃÂ´ng)
2011. Gelao languages: Materials on the comparative vocabulary of the Kadai languages (in Russian). Moscow: Academia. (co-authored with I.V. Samarina, O.M. Mazo, NguyÃ¡Â»Ân HÃ¡Â»Â¯u HoÃÂ nh)
2018. NgÃ¡Â»Â¯ phÃÂ¡p tiÃ¡ÂºÂ¿ng HmÃÂ´ng (Hmong grammar). ThÃÂ¡i NguyÃÂªn, Vietnam: NhÃÂ xuÃ¡ÂºÂ¥t bÃ¡ÂºÂ£n ÃÂÃ¡ÂºÂ¡i hÃ¡Â»Âc ThÃÂ¡i NguyÃÂªn. (co-authored with LÃÂ½ ThÃ¡Â»Â Hoa)

Articles

1993. TÃ¡Â»Âc danh cÃ¡Â»Â§a mÃ¡Â»Ât sÃ¡Â»Â dÃÂ¢n tÃ¡Â»Âc Ã¡Â»Â Nam Trung QuÃ¡Â»Âc vÃÂ ÃÂÃÂ´ng Nam ÃÂ. VÃ¡ÂºÂ¥n ÃÂÃ¡Â»Â tÃÂªn gÃ¡Â»Âi Giao ChÃ¡Â»Â [Ethonyms of some ethnicities in southern China and Southeast Asia: the question of the name Giao Chi]. ViÃ¡Â»Ât Nam, nhÃ¡Â»Â¯ng vÃ¡ÂºÂ¥n ÃÂÃ¡Â»Â ngÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ vÃÂ vÃÂn hÃÂ³a, HÃ¡Â»Âi NgÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ hÃ¡Â»Âc ViÃ¡Â»Ât Nam, HÃÂ NÃ¡Â»Âi, 35Ã¢ÂÂ44.
1994. CÃÂ¡ch cÃ¡ÂºÂ¥u tÃ¡ÂºÂ¡o cÃÂ¡c tÃ¡Â»Â« chÃ¡Â»Â thÃ¡Â»Âi gian (ngÃÂ y, nÃÂm) trong mÃ¡Â»Ât sÃ¡Â»Â ngÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ nhÃÂ³m Ka Tu vÃÂ ViÃ¡Â»Ât MÃÂ°Ã¡Â»Âng [Methods of forming time expressions (days, years) in some Katuic and Viet-Muong languages]. NghiÃÂªn CÃ¡Â»Â©u NgÃÂ´n NgÃ¡Â»Â¯ CÃÂ¡c DÃÂ¢n TÃ¡Â»Âc Ã¡Â»Â ViÃ¡Â»Ât Nam, 94Ã¢ÂÂ118. Hanoi: NhÃÂ XuÃ¡ÂºÂ¥t BÃ¡ÂºÂ£n Khoa HÃ¡Â»Âc XÃÂ£ HÃ¡Â»Âi.
2004. Quan hÃ¡Â»Â Cao Lan, SÃÂ¡n ChÃ¡Â»Â xÃÂ©t vÃ¡Â»Â mÃ¡ÂºÂ·t ngÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ [The relationship between Cao Lan and San Chi as seen through language]. TÃ¡ÂºÂ¡p ChÃÂ DÃÂ¢n tÃ¡Â»Âc hÃ¡Â»Âc (2004) 3:48-60.
2005. Thanh ÃÂiÃ¡Â»Âu vÃÂ nguÃ¡Â»Ân gÃ¡Â»Âc thanh ÃÂiÃ¡Â»Âu trong ngÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ ChÃÂ¡ LÃ¡ÂºÂ£o [Tones and the origin of tones in the Cholao language]. HÃ¡Â»Âi thÃ¡ÂºÂ£o quÃ¡Â»Âc tÃ¡ÂºÂ¿ NgÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ hÃ¡Â»Âc liÃÂªn ÃÂ lÃ¡ÂºÂ§n thÃ¡Â»Â© VI, 181Ã¢ÂÂ201. HÃÂ NÃ¡Â»Âi: NhÃÂ xuÃ¡ÂºÂ¥t bÃ¡ÂºÂ£n Khoa hÃ¡Â»Âc XÃÂ£ hÃ¡Â»Âi.
2008. CÃÂ¡c ngÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ nhÃÂ¡nh ViÃ¡Â»Ât (Vietic) vÃÂ vÃ¡ÂºÂ¥n ÃÂÃ¡Â»Â nguÃ¡Â»Ân gÃ¡Â»Âc tÃÂªn gÃ¡Â»Âi CÃ¡Â»Âu ChÃÂ¢n [Languages of the Vietic branch and the problem of the origin of the name Cuu Chan]. TÃ¡ÂºÂ¡p chÃÂ Khoa hÃ¡Â»Âc XÃÂ£ hÃ¡Â»Âi miÃ¡Â»Ân Trung (2008) 1:26 - 34
2008. VÃ¡ÂºÂ¥n ÃÂÃ¡Â»Â quan hÃ¡Â»Â ngÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ tÃ¡Â»Âc ngÃÂ°Ã¡Â»Âi cÃÂ¡c nhÃÂ³m Pa cÃÂ´, Ta ÃÂ´i ViÃ¡Â»Ât Nam [The question of the linguistic relationship of the Pacoh and Taoih ethnic groups]. TÃ¡ÂºÂ¡p chÃÂ Khoa hÃ¡Â»Âc XÃÂ£ hÃ¡Â»Âi miÃ¡Â»Ân Trung (2008) 2:37-45.
2008. TÃÂ (ChuÃ¡Â»Ât) trong hÃ¡Â»Â thÃ¡ÂºÂp nhÃ¡Â»Â chi vÃÂ mÃ¡Â»Ât sÃ¡Â»Â vÃ¡ÂºÂ¥n ÃÂÃ¡Â»Â tiÃ¡Â»Ân sÃ¡Â»Â ngÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ ÃÂÃÂ´ng Nam ÃÂ [Ã¢ÂÂMouseÃ¢ÂÂ in the twelve-branch system and some questions of the linguistic prehistory in Southeast Asia]. TÃ¡ÂºÂ¡p chÃÂ Khoa hÃ¡Â»Âc XÃÂ£ hÃ¡Â»Âi miÃ¡Â»Ân Trung (2008) 3:41-46.
2011. CÃÂ¢u chuyÃ¡Â»Ân Ã¢ÂÂMÃÂ£o: MÃÂ¨o hay ThÃ¡Â»ÂÃ¢ÂÂ vÃÂ vÃ¡ÂºÂ¥n ÃÂÃ¡Â»Â tiÃ¡ÂºÂ¿p xÃÂºc vÃÂn hÃÂ³a ngÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ cÃÂ¡c dÃÂ¢n tÃ¡Â»Âc phÃÂ°ÃÂ¡ng ÃÂÃÂ´ng [The story "Rabbit: Cat or Rabbit" and the issue of cultural and linguistic contact among ethnic groups in East Asia]. TÃ¡ÂºÂ¡p chÃÂ TÃ¡Â»Â« ÃÂiÃ¡Â»Ân hÃ¡Â»Âc vÃÂ BÃÂ¡ch khoa thÃÂ° (2011) 2: 4Ã¢ÂÂ11.
2011. ViÃ¡Â»Âc phÃÂ¡t hiÃ¡Â»Ân loÃÂ i sinh vÃ¡ÂºÂt "hÃÂ³a thÃ¡ÂºÂ¡ch sÃ¡Â»Âng" Ã¡Â»Â QuÃ¡ÂºÂ£ng BÃÂ¬nh: TÃ¡Â»Â« gÃÂ³c nhÃÂ¬n ngÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ hÃ¡Â»Âc [The discovery of "living fossil" creatures in Quang Binh: From a linguistic perspective]. TÃ¡ÂºÂ¡p chÃÂ TÃ¡Â»Â« ÃÂiÃ¡Â»Ân hÃ¡Â»Âc vÃÂ BÃÂ¡ch khoa thÃÂ° (2011) 6: 83Ã¢ÂÂ88.
2014. GS TSKH Nina Vasilievna Solnceva - ChuyÃÂªn gia nÃ¡Â»Âi tiÃ¡ÂºÂ¿ng vÃ¡Â»Â cÃÂ¡c ngÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ PhÃÂ°ÃÂ¡ng ÃÂÃÂ´ng [Professor Nina Vasilievna Solnceva: A renowned expert on languages of the East]. TÃ¡ÂºÂ¡p chÃÂ TÃ¡Â»Â« ÃÂiÃ¡Â»Ân hÃ¡Â»Âc vÃÂ BÃÂ¡ch khoa thÃÂ° (2014) 2: 123Ã¢ÂÂ125.
2019. Tones in the Cuoi language of Tan Ki district in Nghe An province, Vietnam. Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society 12.1: lvii-lxvi. (co-authored with Nguyen Huu Hoanh).
2020. CÃÂ¡ tÃ¡ÂºÂ§ng ChÃÂm trong tiÃ¡ÂºÂ¿ng QuÃ¡ÂºÂ£ng BÃÂ¬nh (TrÃÂªn cÃÂ¡ sÃ¡Â»Â tÃÂ° liÃ¡Â»Âu vÃ¡Â»Â thanh ÃÂiÃ¡Â»Âu mÃ¡Â»Ât sÃ¡Â»Â thÃ¡Â»Â ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ Ã¡Â»Â QuÃ¡ÂºÂ£ng BÃÂ¬nh) [The Chamic substrate in the Quang Binh language (Based on tone data of some dialects in Quang Binh province)]. HÃ¡Â»Âi thÃ¡ÂºÂ£o ngÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ hÃ¡Â»Âc quÃ¡Â»Âc tÃ¡ÂºÂ¿ lÃ¡ÂºÂ§n thÃ¡Â»Â© IV, ngÃÂ y 20 thÃÂ¡ng 12 nÃÂm 2020, iclv-2020, HÃÂ NÃ¡Â»Âi.

Articles published in NgÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯:

1973. ThÃÂªm mÃ¡Â»Ât sÃ¡Â»Â tÃÂ° liÃ¡Â»Âu vÃ¡Â»Â quan hÃ¡Â»Â giÃ¡Â»Â¯a cÃÂ¡c ngÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ MÃÂ¨o-Dao vÃÂ MÃÂ´n-KhÃÂ¡me [Some data on the relation between Miao-Yao and Mon-Khmer languages. NgÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ (1973) 1:5-15.
1984. Vai trÃÂ² cÃ¡Â»Â§a cÃ¡Â»Â© liÃ¡Â»Âu lÃ¡Â»Âch sÃ¡Â»Â trong miÃÂªu tÃ¡ÂºÂ£ ÃÂ¢m vÃ¡Â»Â hÃ¡Â»Âc (vÃ¡Â»Â cÃÂ¡c tiÃÂªu chÃÂ ÃÂ¢m vÃ¡Â»Â hÃ¡Â»Âc cÃ¡Â»Â§a phÃ¡Â»Â¥ ÃÂ¢m tiÃÂªn mÃÂ©i tiÃÂªng HmÃÂ´ng) [The role of historical data in the phonological description (on the phonological criterion of the prenasalized consonants in the language Hmong]. NgÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ (1984) 4:46-51.
1987. LoÃ¡ÂºÂ¡i hÃÂ¬nh hÃ¡Â»Âc ÃÂÃ¡Â»Âng ÃÂÃ¡ÂºÂ¡i vÃÂ lÃ¡Â»Âch ÃÂÃ¡ÂºÂ¡i: hiÃ¡Â»Ân tÃÂ°Ã¡Â»Â£ng tiÃ¡Â»Ân mÃÂ©i trong cÃÂ¡c ngÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ ÃÂÃÂ´ng Nam A [Diachronic and synchronic typology: prenasalization in Southeast Asian languages]. NgÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ (1987) 1-2:36-47.
1988. SÃ¡Â»Â± hÃÂ¬nh thÃÂ nh ÃÂÃ¡Â»Âi lÃ¡ÂºÂp ÃÂÃÂ°Ã¡Â»Âng nÃÂ©t thanh ÃÂiÃ¡Â»Âu bÃ¡ÂºÂ±ng/khÃÂ´ng bÃ¡ÂºÂ±ng trong cÃÂ¡c ngÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ ViÃÂªt-MÃÂ°Ã¡Â»Âng (trÃÂªn tÃÂ° liÃ¡Â»Âu tiÃ¡ÂºÂ¿ng Arem vÃÂ RÃ¡Â»Â¥c) [The formation of the opposition of melodic contour between level and unlevel (unidirectional) tones in Viet-Muong languages (data from Arem and Rue). NgÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ (1988) 2:3-9.
1991. VÃ¡Â»Â quÃÂ¡ trÃÂ¬nh hÃÂ¬nh thÃÂ nh sÃ¡Â»Â± ÃÂÃ¡Â»Âi lÃ¡ÂºÂp ÃÂ¢m vÃ¡Â»Â±c thanh ÃÂiÃ¡Â»Âu trong cÃÂ¡c ngÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ ViÃ¡Â»Ât MÃÂ°Ã¡Â»Âng [On the formation of the oppositions of Viet-Muong tone registers]. NgÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ (1991) 1:49-59.
1992. Trung tÃ¡Â»Â cÃ¡ÂºÂ¥u tÃ¡ÂºÂ¡o danh tÃ¡Â»Â« Proto ViÃ¡Â»Ât-MÃÂ°Ã¡Â»Âng vÃÂ dÃ¡ÂºÂ¥u vÃ¡ÂºÂ¿t cÃ¡Â»Â§a chÃÂºng trong tiÃÂªng ViÃ¡Â»Ât hiÃ¡Â»Ân ÃÂÃ¡ÂºÂ¡i [Noun forming infixes in Proto Viet-Muong and their traces in modern Vietnamese language]. NgÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ (1992) 2:29-36.
1994. Sinh thÃÂ¡i ngÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ vÃÂ sÃ¡Â»Â± phÃÂ¡t triÃ¡Â»Ân xÃÂ£ hÃ¡Â»Âi [Language ecology and social development]. NgÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ (1994) 4:40-46.
1997. Thanh ÃÂiÃ¡Â»Âu vÃÂ chÃ¡ÂºÂ¥t giÃ¡Â»Âng (voice quality) trong tiÃ¡ÂºÂ¿ng ViÃ¡Â»Ât hiÃ¡Â»Ân ÃÂÃ¡ÂºÂ¡i (phÃÂ°ÃÂ¡ng ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ BÃ¡ÂºÂ¯c BÃ¡Â»Â): khÃ¡ÂºÂ£o sÃÂ¡t thÃ¡Â»Â±c nghiÃ¡Â»Âm [The tones and voice quality in modern northern Vietnamese: instrumental case studies]. NgÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ (1997) 1:1-16 (co-authored with Jerold A. Edmondson).
1998. Paul King Benedict-NhÃÂ nghiÃÂªn cÃ¡Â»Â©u cÃÂ¡c ngÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ ÃÂÃÂ´ng Nam A [Paul King Benedict-The researcher of Southeast Asian languages]. NgÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ (1998) 3:1-8.
1998. VÃ¡Â»Â trÃÂ cÃ¡Â»Â§a tiÃ¡ÂºÂ¿ng MÃ¡ÂºÂ£ng trong cÃÂ¡c ngÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ Mon-Khmer [The position of Mang language in the Mon-Khmer languages]. NgÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ (1998) 3:45-55. (co-authored with NguyÃ¡Â»Ân HÃ¡Â»Â¯u HoÃÂ nh and TÃ¡ÂºÂ¡ VÃÂn ThÃÂ´ng).
2000. V.M. Solntsev nhÃÂ ngÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ hÃ¡Â»Âc lÃ¡Â»Ân, chuyÃÂªn gia hÃÂ ng ÃÂÃ¡ÂºÂ§u vÃ¡Â»Â cÃÂ¡c ngÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ phÃÂ°ÃÂ¡ng ÃÂÃÂ´ng [V.M. Solntsev, a great linguist, a top expert on Eastern languages]. NgÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ (2000) 6:17-24.
2002. Thanh ÃÂiÃ¡Â»Âu mÃ¡Â»Ât vÃÂ i thÃ¡Â»Â ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ NghÃ¡Â»Â An, tÃ¡Â»Â« gÃÂ³c nhÃÂ¬n ÃÂÃÂ´ng ÃÂÃ¡ÂºÂ¡i vÃÂ lÃ¡Â»Âch ÃÂÃ¡ÂºÂ¡i [Tones of some subdialects in Nghe An from synchronic and diachronic views]. NgÃÂ´n ngÃ¡Â»Â¯ (2002) 3:1-12.