On the deictic use of "coming" and "going" in Thai
Abstract
In this study we alm to show explicitly the
importance of context to the understanding o f meaning of
utterances by investigating linguistic behavior of two
deictic terms PAY(go) and MA:(come)l In Thai In three
different areas: spatial, temporal and figurative. In
this chapter we discuss linguistic complexity relevant to
the study of PAY and MA: under the following aspects:
(a). PAY-MA: and the issue of homonymy and polysemy
(b). PAY-MA: and semantic diversity
(c). PAY-MA: and the concept of favoured
decontextualized interpretation
(d). PAY-MA: and contextual determination of semantic
difference
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