A syntactic and semantic analysis of head-hua in Thai

a corpus-based study

Name: Nuchamon James

LCSH: Kasetsart University -- Dissertations. Ph.D. (Applied Linguistics) 2021

Classification :.LCCS: P130.52.T35

LCSH: Kasetsart University. -- Department of Linguistics -- Dissertations

LCSH: Thai language -- Usage

LCSH: Applied linguistics

LCSH: Frames (Linguistics)

Abstract: In the span of 30 years (1990 – 2020), works related to /hǔa/, which means ‘head’ in Thai, have been few. Moreover, they involved the endocentric/exocentric view that has, over the past 20 years, become questionable to linguists. The present researcher aims to investigate syntactic and semantic properties of /hǔa/ as well as to construct a semantic network that includes all of the meanings of /hǔa/. This research employs cognitive semantics, which is in line with cognitive linguistics by way of the concept that language is cognition. Cognitive semantic conceptualization (through metaphoric and metonymic processes) is utilized in order to understand and explain the extended senses of /hǔa/—in particular, the relationships between the prototypical meaning and its extended senses. Data from the 1998 – 2017 Thai National Corpus are sorted and selected. Compounds and their semantic features are chosen as the main focus since they possess senses that are more abstract, which can be comprehensively explored. The study, by way of principled polysemy, reveals that /hǔa/ has a total of 17 distinct senses, including the basic meaning. In terms of conceptualization, ten of the extended senses result from a metaphoric process, and six of the extended senses result from a metonymic process. The results demonstrate that /hǔa/ is not a simple polysemous word, and they can lead to a better understanding of the complex /hǔa/ polyseme.

Kasetsart University. Office of the University Library

Address: Bangkok

Email: tdckulib@ku.ac.th

Name: Natchanan Natpratan

Role: Thesis Advisor

Created: 2021

Modified: 2025-07-14

Issued: 2025-07-14

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URL: https://www.lib.ku.ac.th/KUthesis/2564/nuchamon-jam-all.pdf

CallNumber: P130.52.T35 .N83

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DegreeName: Doctor of Philosophy

Level: Doctoral Degraee

Descipline: Applied Linguistics

Grantor: Kasetsart University

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