A Semantic Analysis of Modern Thai /Cay/.
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| Title: | A Semantic Analysis of Modern Thai /Cay/. |
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| Authors: | Gething, Thomas W. |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 7 |
| Publication Date: | 1968 |
| Descriptors: | Diachronic Linguistics, Morphemes, Semantics, Thai |
| Abstract: | This paper discusses a problem in semantic analysis of modern standard Thai. The synchronically polysememic morpheme /cay/ has meanings approximately equivalent to English "heart, mind, spirit" and "breath." A purely descriptive approach to this form would require two separate dictionary entries for /cay/. An examination of the history of /cay/, however, sheds interesting light on the modern sememes. The morpheme is described first using internal reconstruction and then the comparative method. The disparate results of these two diachronic approaches are weighed, a choice proposed, and a Proto-Tai source suggested for the modern reflexes. (Author/DO) |
| Entry Date: | 1969 |
| Accession Number: | ED026630 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This paper discusses a problem in semantic analysis of modern standard Thai. The synchronically polysememic morpheme /cay/ has meanings approximately equivalent to English "heart, mind, spirit" and "breath." A purely descriptive approach to this form would require two separate dictionary entries for /cay/. An examination of the history of /cay/, however, sheds interesting light on the modern sememes. The morpheme is described first using internal reconstruction and then the comparative method. The disparate results of these two diachronic approaches are weighed, a choice proposed, and a Proto-Tai source suggested for the modern reflexes. (Author/DO) |
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