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Prasithrathsint, Amara. 2007. Principles of Thai place-name formation: a reflection of natural and cultural heritage. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 186 : 59–73.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

borrowing | folk etymology | naming1 | place deixis | value

Language as a subject

Pali

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/IJSL/html

Annotation

This empirical study sets out to define general principles of place-name formation in Thai. It is found that while folk names reflect natural heritage, official names reflect Thai social values and often contain elaborate Pali and Sanskrit words.