Minh Châu NGUYÊN (en vietnamien :
Nguyễn T. Minh Châu) 
阮氏明珠
Docteure en Linguistique
Thèse soutenue à l’Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3, le 14 décembre 2021 :«Glottalisation, oppositions tonales et intonation : étude expérimentale du dialecte muong de Kim Thuong»
(dir. Alexis Michaud)
(anciennement membre du LACITO)
Thèmes de recherche
Résumé du projet de thèse (en anglais) :
My Ph. D. project builds on my M.A. (Nguyễn 2016), which was a study on the tone system of the Kim Thuong dialect of Muong (hereafter KTM). Muong is a language belonging to the Vietic branch of Austroasiatic. My Ph. D. project focuses on what is arguably the most striking feature of the KTM tone system: its glottalized tone (Tone 4). Interactions between this glottalized lexical tone and intonation will be studied through the experimental analysis of speech materials ranging from carefully controlled materials (such as words inside carrier sentences) to “spontaneous speech” (both monologues and dialogues). Experiments suggested by the analysis of production data will be verified through perception tests. Computer tools will be tailored to overcome difficulties in the quantitative study of glottalization as a component of lexical tone. The aim is to understand the full range of ways in which glottalization serves communicative functions in Muong. From the point of view of general phonological models, this study contributes to a better understanding (i) of tone systems in Vietic, a typologically unusual group in terms of tone, and (ii) of linguistic uses of the various avatars of glottalization.
Programmes de recherche / Opérations de recherche
Opérations de recherche au Lacito :
• Langues de la zone tibéto-birmane
• Phonologie panchronique
• Terrains, Analyses, et Comparaison des Langues
Programme du Labex “Empirical Foundations of Linguistics” :
• Evolutionary approaches to phonology: New goals and new methods (in diachrony and panchrony) (Axe 1, opération PPC-2)
Mots-clés
description linguistique – linguistique de terrain – phonétique/phonologie expérimentale – langues vietiques – muong
Formation
• 2014-2016 : Master en Linguistique. Université Nationale du Vietnam à Hanoï (VNU-USSH). Directeur: Alexis Michaud
• 2010-2014 — Licence (B.A.) en Linguistique. Université Nationale du Vietnam à Hanoï (VNU-USSH).
Autre site
Productions scientifiques et universitaires
— 2020, Alexis Michaud, Minh‑Châu Nguyễn et Likun He 和丽昆, Voix de « ceux qui ne sont rien » en Asie du Sud-Est, Cahiers de Littérature Orale (hors-série “Oralités contestataires”): 147-154. (en ligne)
— 2016. Michaud, Alexis, Minh-Châu Nguyễn & Hiển Phạm. 2016. Z in company names: trendy clothing for a typical Vietnamese sound. Mon-Khmer Studies 45. 53–65.
— 2015. Michaud, Alexis, Michel Ferlus & Minh-Châu Nguyễn. 2015. Strata of standardization: the Phong Nha dialect of Vietnamese (Quảng Bình Province) in historical perspective. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 38(1). 124–162.
— 2015. Michaud, Alexis, Minh Châu Nguyễn & Jacqueline Vaissière. 2015. Phonetic insights into a simple level-tone system: “careful” vs. “impatient” realizations of Naxi High, Mid and Low tones. Proceedings of ICPhS XVIII (18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences). Glasgow.
Mémoire :
— 2016. Mémoire de Master : The tone system of Kim Thượng Mường: an experimental
study of fundamental frequency, duration, and phonation types. (Egalement disponible en version vietnamienne)
Communication
— 2019, Minh-Châu Nguyễn, Lise Crevier-Buchman, Alexis Michaud, Didier Demolin. A glottalized tone in Muong (Vietic): a pilot study based on audio and electroglottographic recordings. ICPhS XIX (19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences), Melbourne, Australia. 5-9 August 2019.