Royal Decree Discourse
A Case study of the Royal Decrees in the Thonburi and the Rattanakosin Periods, the Reign of King Rama I to the Reign of King Rama III
Keywords:
Royal decree, Discourse, StyleAbstract
This article aims to analyze the structure, content, and style in the 412 royal decrees written in the Thonburi and the Rattanakosin periods, during the reign of King Rama I to the reign of King Rama III. The results showed that the royal decree discourse can be divided into four structural compositions: special information, introduction, content, and the ending. The content indicated the monarch obligations that can be categorized into two main types: royal ceremonies, and official regulations. Furthermore, this study showed four main aspects regarding style. First, word, there are six kinds of word usage: royal words, address terms, directive terms, informing sequence terms, adding detail terms, and synonyms. Second, there are two kinds of sentence forms: imperative sentences, and rational sentences. Third, there are two kinds of literary devices: trope and rhyme. Fourth, there are two kinds of writing styles: narration and description. The structure, content and style can be exposed the characteristic of the royal decrees in the Thonburi and the Rattanakosin periods, revealed that royal decree discourse is a behavioral discourse that may appear a expository discourse.
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2019-11-29
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เทียมทัน (Thiamthan) ภ. (Pakapot). (2019). Royal Decree Discourse: A Case study of the Royal Decrees in the Thonburi and the Rattanakosin Periods, the Reign of King Rama I to the Reign of King Rama III. Journal of the Faculty of Arts, Silpakorn University, 41(2), 100–122. Retrieved from https://so04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jasu/article/view/228447
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