The Study of The Nominalizers /kaan/ and /khwaam/ in Academic Writing Language, News Reporting Language and Critical Writing Language

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study the structure and complexity, as well as the objectives of the use of the nominalizers "kaan-" and "Khwaam-" in 3 types of Register. This research analyzed using the framework of the structure and complexity of transformed noun phrases in Thai language. Data on the nominalizers "kaan-" and "khwaam-" were collected from Thai National Corpus. Three types of data from the Thai National Corpus were selected: 1) Academic writing language, 2) News reporting language, and 3) Critical writing language. 200 samples of each type were selected for 2 words, totaling 1,200 samples. The results from the data on the structure of the nominalizers “kaan-” and “khwaam-” shown a variety of structural patterns. The structural characteristics were divided into 3 major groups, namely 1) basic structures 2) complex structures and 3) very complex structures. In the analysis of the objectives of the use of transformed the nominalizers "kaan-" and "khwaam-" in 3 types of Register, it was found that the use of these two transformed the nominalizers had 3 objectives: 1) to abstract reduce individuality transformed into a generalized meaning 2) to hide the perpetrators of the events referred to, and 3) to create a concept that emphasizes the generalization of knowledge or theories.