The Strategy of Term Creation for the Components of Lanna's Kalae House

Abstract

This paper is aimed to study for the grammatical strategy of term creation for the components of Lanna's Kalae house by using Functional-Typological Grammar framework. The data for this study were obtained from 71 words found in the text. The results showed that the terms used to describe the components of a traditional Thai Lanna-style house demonstrate a variety of syntactic relationships, with four grammatical word-forming strategies identified: 1) Root word strategy, 2) Verb phrase strategy: found in Serial verbs and Verb predicate, 3) Serial Noun strategy: found in noun-noun and noun-modifier; and 4) Noun phrase strategy: found in noun phrases with noun-predicate verb structure, similar to basic sentences and basic sentences with complex verbs. Each strategy has grammatical and semantic relationships that reflect the thought systems and ways in which Lanna Thai people connect the components of the Lanna's Kalae house with their unique worldview, way of life, beliefs, values, culture, and society.