Thai Sentence-­Final Imperative Discourse Particles

The Thai imperative discourse particles include sì, ná, nâa, tɤ̀, nɔ̀i, and dâi. The distribution of these imperative discourse particles depends on the illocutionary forces and Searlean felicity conditions that constitute the forces. sì and tɤ̀ appear in a wide range of illocutionary forces but in...

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Main Author: Attapol T. Rutherford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Hawaii Press 2022-01-01
Series:Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10524/52489
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description The Thai imperative discourse particles include sì, ná, nâa, tɤ̀, nɔ̀i, and dâi. The distribution of these imperative discourse particles depends on the illocutionary forces and Searlean felicity conditions that constitute the forces. sì and tɤ̀ appear in a wide range of illocutionary forces but in a complementary distribution. sì signals the preparatory condition in which the speaker is socially or epistemically superior to the hearer. In contrast, tɤ̀ indicates that the speaker does not have control over the hearer and assumes that the act might not be fulfilled. ná is found with illocutionary forces that part of face-threaten acts to make them more polite. nɔ̀i and dâi signal request and permission respectively.
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spelling doaj.art-98cbbf3555f64e0dbce8fe329d8916f42022-12-21T21:35:53ZengUniversity of Hawaii PressJournal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society1836-68212022-01-011514050Thai Sentence-­Final Imperative Discourse ParticlesAttapol T. RutherfordThe Thai imperative discourse particles include sì, ná, nâa, tɤ̀, nɔ̀i, and dâi. The distribution of these imperative discourse particles depends on the illocutionary forces and Searlean felicity conditions that constitute the forces. sì and tɤ̀ appear in a wide range of illocutionary forces but in a complementary distribution. sì signals the preparatory condition in which the speaker is socially or epistemically superior to the hearer. In contrast, tɤ̀ indicates that the speaker does not have control over the hearer and assumes that the act might not be fulfilled. ná is found with illocutionary forces that part of face-threaten acts to make them more polite. nɔ̀i and dâi signal request and permission respectively.http://hdl.handle.net/10524/52489discourse particleimperativeillocutionary forcethai
spellingShingle Attapol T. Rutherford
Thai Sentence-­Final Imperative Discourse Particles
Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society
discourse particle
imperative
illocutionary force
thai
title Thai Sentence-­Final Imperative Discourse Particles
title_full Thai Sentence-­Final Imperative Discourse Particles
title_fullStr Thai Sentence-­Final Imperative Discourse Particles
title_full_unstemmed Thai Sentence-­Final Imperative Discourse Particles
title_short Thai Sentence-­Final Imperative Discourse Particles
title_sort thai sentence final imperative discourse particles
topic discourse particle
imperative
illocutionary force
thai
url http://hdl.handle.net/10524/52489
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