Abstract:
This independent study aims to study about naming of Thai and Chinese love songs to investigate the reflection of the society through love songs from Thailand and China. The 200 Thai songs from JOOX, one of the most famous song applications in Thailand, and another 200 Chinese songs from QQ MUSIC were selected. The data were collected from January 2019 to December 2020. The results showed that the process of naming the songs both in Thai and Chinese has been conducted in a short period of time. Thus, the composers always decide to name the songs in the form of phrases which are not too long or too short. Phrases are attractive and able to explicit the meaning directly. Also, they motivate the audiences to be anxious to know the meanings. As for meaning, the study also found that the names of the songs in both Thai and Chinese always explicit the direct meaning rather than connotation. In the investigation of the society reflection through the names of the songs, Thai society always convey the message about love more ingenuously than Chinese society. Thai society is more open to the western culture rather than Chinese Society. Also, sad songs are more popular in the Thai society that the Chinese. However, in both Thai and Chinese society believe that their lovers have power over them. Nevertheless, the Chinese society displays their love to the nature through the songs more than the Thai. Finally, the Chinese society pays attention to proverbs more than the Thai society.