The Structures of Men Terms in Khaosaw Literature

Abstract

This article aims to study the structure of men's terms in Khaosaw Literature and collect data from ten stories from the Pratueng Wittaya Shop edition, 1968. The study employs the concepts of language, literature and immediate constituent analysis for studying and classification of men's terms. The study results indicate that men's terms in Khaosow literature have two main components: the main part and the extension. The main part includes a crucial element, which is the main term that must consistently appear in the structure of men's terms. In terms of extensions, an essential element is the Attributive Adjectives and Postpositive Adjectives, which indicate the male character's gender, status, and rank. The adjectives may or may not appear in the structure of men's terms. When considering the men's terms from ten stories in Khaosow literature, 306 main words appeared from 1,727 positions of men's names. Four structures of men's terms in Khaosow literature can be classified, namely the main part structure, with 458 positions accounting for 26.52 percent. The main part structure appeared in 231 positions, accounting for 13.38 percent. Additionally, main part structures with adjectives appeared in 71 positions, accounting for 4.11 percent of the total. The adjective part structure, the main part, shows 967 positions, representing 55.99 percent of the total. The diverse structures of men's terms and the various classifications show the strategic approach to creating men's terms in Khaosaw literature.