“Thainess” in “CLOGS ON OUR WHEELS, OUR CLOGGED UP WHEELS, AND THE OTHER RELATED STORIES” : A study of the relationship between language and ideology
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Language, Ideology, Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA)Abstract
This article aims to analyze the ideological linguistic strategies in “Clogs on Our Wheels, Our Clogged up Wheels, And the Other Related Stories”, and to analyze the discourses through critical articles in the book written by Asawabhahu “Clogs on Our Wheels, Our Clogged up Wheels, And The Other Related Stories”, published in 1915 during the reign of King Rama VI. Results of the study indicated that six linguistic strategies were used to present ideology: 1) lexical selection; 2) metaphor; 3) idioms; 4) verbal irony; 5) metonymy; and 6) pseudonym. These linguistic strategies presented 13 mindsets: 1) nationality mindset; 2) monarchy mindset; 3) gender mindset, male and female; 4) state and people mindset; 5) city and rural mindset; 6) poverty mindset; 7) ethnic groups mindset; 8) senior and junior mindset; 9) democracy mindset; 10) good population mindset; 11) Buddhism mindset; 12) ‘Theirs’ and ‘Us’ mindset; and 13) parents mindset. These mindsets show three latent ideologies in the discourse: 1) monarchy; 2) nationalism; and 3) paternalism. These discourses demonstrate ideas about Thainess to make Thai people loyal to the concept of Nation, Religion and Monarch because the situation of Thailand, both inside and outside the country, was transforming into a new regime, democracy.
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