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McKenzie, Robert M.; Kitikanan, Patchanok; Boriboon, Phaisit – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2016
Previous language attitude research indicates that presenting speech forms allows listeners to index information about and attach social meaning to the perceived group(s) of speakers. Despite the volume of research undertaken elsewhere in Asia, there appear to be no in-depth studies investigating Thai nationals' evaluations of specific varieties…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Language Attitudes, English
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Jaroenkitboworn, Kandaporn – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2014
This research investigates English acknowledgements in dissertations written by Thai PhD students, particularly the generic structure and linguistic patterns of gratitude expressions used in the acknowledgements. Following the line of the move analysis in acknowledgements of Hyland (2004), this article analyzed 70 acknowledgements accompanying PhD…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Doctoral Dissertations, English
Facchinetti, Roberta, Ed.; Crystal, David, Ed.; Seidlhofer, Barbara, Ed. – Peter Lang Bern, 2010
All languages encode aspects of culture and every culture has its own specificities to be proud of and to be transmitted. The papers in this book explore aspects of this relationship between language and culture, considering issues related to the processes of internationalization and localization of the English language. The volume is divided into…
Descriptors: Group Membership, English, Jews, Foreign Countries