/ta - koːn/ in Contemporary Thai: A Study of Function and Meaning
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The Thai language is an isolating language that allows many words to have more functions or meanings according to the development of language use in each period. Thailand nowadays is an open communication society. Language users can freely choose words to communicate. That influenced many Thai vocabularies to change their original functions and meanings to new functions and meanings. The functions and meanings of the word /ta-koːn/ in Thai, a popular vocabulary among language users, have changed the overlap between old and new.
This qualitative research article aims to analyze the function and meaning of the word /ta - koːn/ that appears in Contemporary Thai. The data collected appears as the word /ta - koːn/ in current Thai text on social media between 1/1/2022 and 1/3/2023. By using a search engine https://www.google.co.th. The total of data collected that appears in the word /ta - koːn/ in current Thai text on social media is 153 texts and were classified according to the language that appeared into two forms: 66 texts containing the word /ta - koːn/ and 87 texts containing the word /bɛːb - ta - koːn/. The results revealed that the word /ta - koːn/ is classified into two-word classes: 1) a verb has a function to express action or the symptom of the doer, totaling 59 texts 2) an adverb has a function to serve as a modifier for the main verb in sentences, totaling 94 texts. The results of the research in terms of the meaning of the word /ta - koːn/ classified into two meanings: 1) the original meaning, which is the lexical meaning, that is 'utter louder than usual to be heard' and 2) The new meaning is an extension but still close to the original meaning, that is ‘expanding details or convey characteristics or consciousness of something in greater quantities than normal to show the image clearly or emphasize more special of something'.
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