Vietnamese_directional_words_RA_VAO_dataset

This dataset supports the article: Tran Van Duong (2025). Spatial Conceptualization in Vietnamese: A Contrastive Analysis of ‘Ra’ and ‘Vào’ and Their English Equivalents. <i>Cognitive Semantics</i>. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/23526416-bja10086<br>------------------<br>This dataset is a bilingual parallel corpus focusing on the Vietnamese directional markers <b>“ra”</b> (roughly ‘out/outwards’) and <b>“vào”</b> (roughly ‘in/inwards’). It compiles <b>630 instances</b> of these markers as they appear in contemporary Vietnamese fiction, together with their corresponding English translations: <b>275 occurrences of “ra”</b> and <b>355 occurrences of “vào.”</b>The dataset was created to facilitate a contrastive analysis of spatial conceptualization in Vietnamese and English. It directly supports the findings presented in the above-mentioned article published in <i>Cognitive Semantics</i>.<b>How to cite this dataset:</b><br>Tran, Van Duong (2025). Vietnamese_directional_words_RA_VAO_dataset. figshare. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.29526191.v1<br><br>When using this dataset, please also cite the related article:<br>Tran, Van Duong (2025). Spatial Conceptualization in Vietnamese: A Contrastive Analysis of ‘Ra’ and ‘Vào’ and Their English Equivalents. <i>Cognitive Semantics</i>, <i>11</i>(1), 1-33. https://doi.org/10.1163/23526416-bja10086<br><br>Author ORCID: 0009-0003-4096-850X