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Research on the Relationship between Language, Natural Environment and Mode of Production—Taking Thai as an Example
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Abstract
Language acquisition is a challenging endeavor that is influenced by environmental, historical, and industrial factors. This research is done to investigate the interconnection between these components of language development. Thailand offers a suitable opportunity to discover the role these factors play. This paper combined the research of Caleb Everett, Pinkerton J, and Moran S, applying those theories to a more local context in Thailand. By interviewing professional Thai language practitioners, people can get a more reliable and realistic sense of the internationalization of the Thai language. The globalization trend has an effect on the absorption of English-originated words. Furtheremore, because the terrain and the plantation patterns in Thailand are unique, language as a communication tool is shaped by them. Moreover, the shape of the nose has the potential to affect the vocalization of language. This leads to the degree of use of nasal sounds in their ethnically used language.
Keywords
the relativity theory of language globalization, language diffusion, language development, Thai
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- Volume Title
- Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Educational Innovation and Philosophical Inquiries
- ISBN (Print)
- 978-1-83558-043-1
- ISBN (Online)
- 978-1-83558-044-8
- Published Date
- 31 October 2023
- Series
- Communications in Humanities Research
- ISSN (Print)
- 2753-7064
- ISSN (Online)
- 2753-7072
- DOI
- 10.54254/2753-7064/10/20231265
- Copyright
- 31 October 2023
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