Institute of Thai Studies, Chulalongkorn University in collaboration with Department of Thai, Department of Linguistics, and the Southeast Asian Linguistics Research Unit, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University organize the 2020 Chulalongkorn Asian Heritage Forum: Thai-Tai Language and Culture, convened in Commemoration of Professor Dr. Khun Banchob Bandhumedha on Her 100th Birth Anniversary. The conference will be held on July 20, 2020 at the St. Regis Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.
Three parallel sessions will be lived at 1.45 – 4.15 pm. on the following Facebook Pages :
Session I : Thai Language and Culture
[https://www.facebook.com/ThaiArtsCU/]
(Conducted in Thai)
Session II : Thai-Tai Folklore
[https://www.facebook.com/ThaiStudiesCU/]
(Conducted in Thai)
Session III : Tai Languages
[https://www.facebook.com/LingChula/]
(Conducted in English)
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Program
Session I : Thai Language and Culture
Moderator: Prapaipun Phingchim
(Conducted in Thai)
13.45-14.15
The Journey of the “Conjunction” in Thai Language
Debi Jaratjarungkiat
– Chulalongkorn University
14.15-14.45
The Thai Notion of Self-construal and Some Linguistic Evidence
Natthaporn Panpothong
Siriporn Phakdeephasook
– Chulalongkorn University
14.45-15.15
Break
15.15-15.45
The Grammaticalisational Relationship Between Comitatives and Instrumentals in Thai: A Diachronic Typological Perspective
Vipas Pothipath
– Chulalongkorn University
15.45-16.15
Distinctions in the Linguistic Encoding of Caused Separation in Thai
Nitipong Pichetpan
– University of Sydney
– Thammasat University
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Session II : Thai-Tai Folklore
Moderator: Arthid Sheravanichkul
(Conducted in Thai)
13.45-14.15
The Telling of Tai Folktales by Professor Dr. Khun Banchob Bandhumedha in Satri San
Poramin Jaruworn
– Chulalongkorn University
14.15-14.45
The Tai Women: Representations in Myths and Rituals of Tai People in Central Mekong Basin Communities
Pathom Hongsuwan
– Mahasarakham University
14.45-15.15
Break
15.15-15.45
The Route to Heaven: Cosmology and World Narratives of Tai Dam from Funeral Manuscripts
Pichet Saiphan
– Thammasat University
15.45-16.15
"Roots of the Tai" in "Thailand's Songkran Tradition": Tai Cultural Inheritance and Creativity in Thai Society
Aphilak Kasempholkoon
– Mahidol University
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Session III : Tai Languages
Moderator: Nattanun Chanchaochai
(Conducted in English)
13.45-14.15
Constituent Order in Tai Khamti: New Data from Myanmar
Rikker Dockum
– Swarthmore College
14.15-14.45
Lanna Tai of the 16th Century as Attested from Chinese Source
Shinnakrit Tangsiriwattanakul
– Chulalongkorn University
14.45-15.15
Break
15.15-15.45
Proto-Shan, Old Shan and the Making of Ahom Writing System
Pittayawat Pittayaporn
– Chulalongkorn University
15.45-16.15
Analysing Phonological Variation in Tai Khuen
Wyn Owen
– Payap University
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