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Showing 1 to 20 of 442 for “"thai"”.
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Semantic prosody in Thai
… of fundamental research into semantic prosody in Thai, a language which has not been subject to studies of semantic prosody before, to set out the parameters for subsequent research in this area. In particular, it addresses these three research questions: 1. What are the advantages and …
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Argument Realization in Thai
… four experiments are reported involving Thai-speaking adults, English-speaking adults, Thai-speaking 4- and 5-year-olds, and English-speaking 5-year-olds. Participants listened to nonce verbs in an intransitive frame embedded in short stories. Adults were tested in a forced choice …
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A comparison of Thai second person pronominal acquisition by Central Thai and Lahu children
This study examined the acquisition of Standard Thai second person pronominals by second language learners (the Lahu children) compared with native speakers (the Central Thai children) of the same age. The pronominals were divided into familiar (Ta and Tb), formal (V1), and formal-respect (V2) …
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Some aspects of Thai syntax
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Essays on the Thai Economy
This dissertation includes three essays on the Thai economy. The first two chapters focus on the impact of the insurgency in Southern Thailand, and the third paper analyses the effect of the government's rice pledging scheme. The insurgency in the southern region of Thailand, including Yala, …
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Gender Inequality in Thai Academia
… is a case study of a public university in Thailand. The research examines whether gender inequality exists in the pay raise process at Khon Kaen University over a two-fiscal year period (FY2002 and 2003). It also considers what factors might account for differences between male and female …
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Rethinking Thai architecture and cultural identity
… threat of colonisation by western powers, the Thai king and the country’s social elite decided to adopt and implement western notions and technology as a superior ways to develop Thailand into a civilised nation, since it was believed that a new modern image of Thai cultural identity would help …
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Accountability in the Thai public sector
… this thesis explores accountability in the Thai public sector with a particular focus on Thai government departments. It is motivated by the implementation of public sector reform in Thailand and the promulgation of the Royal Decree on Criteria and Procedures for Good Governance B.E. 2546 …
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Implicit graphemic cues in Thai reading
… when spaces are inserted. However, it seems that Thai may not follow this same trend (Winskel, Radach, & Luksaneeyanawin, 2009). One potential explanation is that Thai orthography may provide other cues that guide readers in word segmentation, even in the absence of explicit word boundary …
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Predicting minimum savings in Thai villages
… model empirically against data from the Townsend Thai Monthly Survey. Each household's income distribution, measure of risk aversion. and hyperbolic discount rate are estimated and then inputted into the model. In the overall sample., the minimum saving value as predicted by the model does …
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Thai female adolescents' perceptions of dating violence.
Thai female adolescents' perceptions of dating violence.
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English loanwords in Thai and optimality theory
This study focuses on English loanwords in Thai, particularly the treatment of consonants in different environments, namely onset/coda simplification, laryngeal features, medial consonants, and liquid alternation, within the framework of Optimality Theory (OT: Prince and Smolensky 1993/2004). The …
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Internationalising Thai higher education : examining policy implementation
… policy of internationalising higher education in Thailand during a period marked by global and national liberalisation and by transition and reform. The main research question is: to what extent has the Thai state's policy of internationalising higher education been implemented? The thesis reviews …
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Breastfeeding Influencing Factors in Thai Adolescent Mothers
… of breastfeeding in many countries including Thailand, with only 17% of Thai adolescent mothers continuing to breastfed at 6 months postpartum. Objective: Examine factors influencing breastfeeding behaviors in adolescent mothers, particularly those in Thailand. Methods: This dissertation …
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Speaking in Thai, dreaming in Isan: Popular Thai television and emerging identities of Lao Isan youth living in northeast Thailand
… Kaen and nearby town Mahasarakham experience Thainess or khwampenthai in its most popular form – television. People who inhabit the northeast of Thailand interchangeably label themselves and are labelled by others as Isan, Thai Isan, Lao Isan, Thai or Lao, depending on the ethnic, political, …
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Developing host-guest relationships in Thai tourist resorts
… between local and international tourists and Thai resort operators on Samui Island, Thailand. It proposes that a quality relationship between tourists and resort operators, which is characterised by high levels of trust and commitment, is the major determinant of customer loyalty. In …
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