This article examines the Thai music iconology – with a focus on the instruments and ensembles and their symbolic representations – of monastery murals along the Mae Klong riverside. It also investigates how Thai music iconology links to broader views on Thai music, including those from Buddhism, culture, and social realms. Thirty-eight murals from the Ayutthaya period to the King Rama V period were selected for analysis. Improvised tools from Kress and Van Leeuwen’s (2020) inter-semiotic, multidimensional approach and Panosfky’s (1962) concepts of iconography were employed in the data analysis. Additionally, an in-depth interview was conducted with key informants, including local intellectuals and experts in the related areas, for data triangulation. The findings show significant influence of music on Thai social forms, religious beliefs, as well as cultural and historical values.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-15DOI: 10.1163/26659077-26010002
Natthaporn Panpothong, Siriporn Phakdeephasook
Self-construal can influence the ways people in distinct cultures think, perceive and interact with others. To date, scholars still present different arguments on the prominent self-construal of Thais. The present study aims at examining Thai linguistic data including proverbs, sayings, cultural key terms and interactional data in response to the question of whether Thai culture places emphasis on independent or interdependent perspectives of the self. The findings reveal that Thai sayings, proverbs and cultural key terms reflect both independent and interdependent self-construals. Yet, those that stress interdependency outnumber independency. As for interactional practices in daily exchanges, the usage of pronominal terms, final particles for (im)politeness and lexical variants marking interpersonal relationships make it mandatory for Thai speakers to pay attention to interpersonal relationships. Lastly, in task-based superior-subordinate conversations, collaborative and non-confrontational styles are preferred by Thai superiors. Their interactional style reflects features influenced by interdependent self-construal.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-15DOI: 10.1163/26659077-26010001
Vipas Pothipath
Languages can be divided into three types with respect to the encoding of comitatives and instrumentals: identity, differentiation and mixed (Stolz, Stroh and Urdze 2013). Diachronic data from Thai dating from 13th to 21st centuries ce suggests that these three language types correspond to the three stages of development of the relation between the two categories in Thai, which progress as follows. Between the 13th and the mid-18th centuries, Thai employed the pattern of identity. In general, the preposition dûaj ‘with’ was the relator for the two categories. Later, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Thai displayed mixed structures. While the preposition dûaj was preserved to encode both categories, the preposition kàp ‘and/with’ was also the relator for the comitative. Still later, from the mid-19th century to the present, Thai favored differentiation. The preposition dûaj remains in its function as an instrumental relator, while the preposition kàp has been employed as a comitative relator.
语言可以分为三种类型的编码的组合和工具:身份，分化和混合(Stolz, Stroh和Urdze 2013)。从公元13世纪到21世纪的泰语历时数据表明，这三种语言类型对应着泰语中两种语言之间关系发展的三个阶段，其进展如下。从13世纪到18世纪中期，泰国人采用了身份的模式。一般来说，介词d aj ' with '是这两个范畴的关联词。后来，在18世纪末和19世纪初，泰国人展示了混合结构。虽然保留了介词d aj来编码这两个类别，但介词kàp ' and/with '也是comitative的关联词。再后来，从19世纪中期到现在，泰国人倾向于区分。介词d aj保持其作为工具性关系词的功能，而介词kàp已被用作模仿关系词。
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This article discusses findings from interviews with 26 Thai actors on their methods of characterization. It was found that Thai actors have two concepts regarding their style and beliefs towards acting: (1) good acting naturally portrays normal characters in a realistic manner, (2) a major component of acting is ‘becoming the character.’ Participants reported needing a character’s actions to be logical, and therefore need to thoroughly analyze a character so they can completely transform into the character. Methods of characterization were found to be consistent with approaches in the works of Stanislavski. This is in part due from Pantoomkomol (1995)’s import of these ideas into Thai performing arts contexts. However, it was also found that participants’ methods were still flexible, and a view of characters as unique was prevalent. In sum, actors were found to focus on the characters rather than the methods as the best means to communicate with an audience.
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Pub Date : 2023-04-21DOI: 10.1163/26659077-25010026
Permtip Buaphet
This research on the portrayal of women in Thai travel narratives aims to analyze the structure and components of these narratives and examines the language strategies used to present the images of Thai women within the context of travel magazines by combining textual analysis with visual methodology. Altogether 313 narratives from 48 issues of Vacationist, Travel around the World, Neekrung and Osotho magazines published between June 2018 and May 2019 were collected. The study reveals that the meanings of travel and the images of Thai women in the travel magazines through the use of language strategies are formed in a positive way. Solo female travelers are depicted as adventurers, nature lovers and soul searchers. These images indicate individuality and financial independence. On the other hand, female travelers with companions are displayed in association with their roles as wives, mothers and daughters.
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Pub Date : 2023-04-21DOI: 10.1163/26659077-25010025
Joey Andrew Lucido Santos, Pavadee Saisuwan
Gender and sexuality have gradually become the focus of more semiotic landscape research, however, studies relating specifically to sex tourism spaces are limited and with those in the Thai context even more so. Therefore, this paper examines the discursive construction of Phatphong 2, one of the famous destinations for sex tourism in Bangkok among male homosexuals, as queer space. Drawing on code preference and inscription (Scollon and Scollon 2003) and visual social semiotics (Kress and Van Leeuwen 1996), we analyze the linguistic and semiotic resources in sexed signs. Findings reveal that Englishization, particularly the terms “boy” and “Bangkok” in shop signs, creates a glocalized and international queer identity for Phatphong 2. The salience of the lean male muscular body and marginalization of transwomen in promotional signs unveil the hegemonic masculinity in queer sex tourism spaces. The study concludes that sexed signs in sex tourism spaces are semiotic aggregates of global queer culture.
性别和性行为逐渐成为更多符号学景观研究的焦点，然而，专门与性旅游空间相关的研究是有限的，在泰国的背景下更是如此。因此，本文将曼谷著名的男同性恋性旅游目的地之一法丰2作为酷儿空间来考察其话语建构。利用符码偏好和铭文(Scollon and Scollon 2003)和视觉社会符号学(Kress and Van Leeuwen 1996)，我们分析了性别符号中的语言和符号学资源。调查结果显示，英语化，特别是商店招牌上的“男孩”和“曼谷”，为Phatphong 2创造了一种全球本土化和国际酷儿身份。在宣传标志中突出的男性肌肉精瘦的身体和跨性别女性的边缘化，揭示了酷儿性旅游空间中的男性霸权。研究认为，性旅游空间中的性标志是全球酷儿文化的符号学集合体。
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Pub Date : 2023-04-21DOI: 10.1163/26659077-25010027
Ven. Pannabhoga Herngseng
In some of the earliest Buddhist literature found in Myanmar, a type of translation in which each Pali word is followed by its relevant annotative interpretation, known as nissaya, can be found. Previous studies (Tin Lwin 1961; Pruitt 1992; McDaniel 2008; Clark 2015) only examined what a nissaya is and to what literary genre nissaya literature belongs. In this paper, I will explore the various ways in which Burmese nissaya literature evolved into a mainstream monastic learning method, its role in the monastic education in Burma in particular, and further investigate whether the nissayas can be applied more generally and what the relationship is between nissaya and official Burmese Tipitaka translation. Lastly, this study argues that the Burmese nissaya literature can be compared to be on par with the encyclopaedic compilation on a specific subject.
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Pub Date : 2023-04-21DOI: 10.1163/26659077-25010024
Warunsiri Pornpottanamas
In the linguistic literature on the languages of ethnic Lao in Thailand, labels such as “Lao” or “Lao Wiang” are often used to identify local dialects as Lao varieties. This study examines patterns of tonal splits and mergers in the linguistic varieties spoken by the so-called “Lao” ethnic groups in Chachoengsao Province, Thailand, to re-identify and reclassify the so called “Lao” languages collected from 124 participants at 50 locations. This study used the tone box concept (Gedney 1972) as a basic tool to analyse tonal patterns. The results indicate that the “Lao” ethnic languages of Chachoengsao can be classified into three main groups, namely Lao, Phuan and Hua Phan Tai Nuea. While the Lao varieties show typical tonal patterns of Lao dialects (B≠DL, C1=DL123 and/or C234=DL4), the other two groups show none of the patterns. The findings show that the patterns of tonal development labels are better criteria than ethnic labels in the identification of Lao groups.
在关于泰国老挝民族语言的语言学文献中，诸如“Lao”或“Lao Wiang”之类的标签通常用于识别当地方言为老挝语变种。本研究考察了泰国Chachoengsao省所谓的“老挝”民族的语言变体中音调分裂和合并的模式，以重新识别和重新分类从50个地点的124名参与者中收集的所谓的“老挝”语言。本研究使用音调盒概念(Gedney 1972)作为分析音调模式的基本工具。结果表明，察城厝的“老”族语言可分为三大类，即老挝语、Phuan语和花Phan Tai Nuea语。老挝语变体表现出老挝方言的典型音调模式(B≠DL, C1=DL123和/或C234=DL4)，而其他两组则没有表现出任何模式。研究结果表明，声调发展标签模式是识别老挝语群体的较好的标准。
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Pub Date : 2022-12-26DOI: 10.1163/26659077-25010019
Phacharawan Boonpromkul
Charlotte’s Web (1952) by E. B. White is a classic children’s book praised for the memorable friendship between its two protagonists. This article explores the problematic bond that results from Wilbur’s greater demand on Charlotte and Charlotte’s act of devotion. It also examines the moral value of humility, from the word “humble” which Charlotte weaves to praise Wilbur, which can be questionable as it is intertwined with innocence or ignorance, and better suits Charlotte who is reticent of her accomplishment. That she must pass on without recognition casts doubt on the author’s presentation of friendship and the said moral value. Looking beyond White’s fictional work, it is not surprising to discover his lack of respect for traditional morality. Even so, the article finds that White does offer certain moral guidance to his young readers, but it is far from straightforward due to his frequent employment of evasion, humor, and irony.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-26DOI: 10.1163/26659077-25010018
Kriangkrai Vathanalaoha
Fictional situations recounted by a narrator instantaneously trigger a mental representation of a text world (Gavins 2007) which aims to explicate how meaning is achieved by readers based on salient theories of stylistics. This study examines how text world creation is established while reading Mary Poppins (Travers 2014). Crucial excerpts are explored to explain how readers perceive events that constitute the narrative. As the author recounts all events through an omniscient perspective, a discourse world is established through schematic data of all participants in the discourse based on common ground information. Deictic shift (Segal 1995) is employed to demonstrate how a mental representation is spatially situated and to achieve rich presentations of the fictional world. The present study concludes that text-world approaches to Mary Poppins could explain interpretive controversies between the novel and the film, since participants, schema and ontological distance trigger spatialisation of the fictional worlds.
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