태국어의 품사 통용에 관한 연구

Abstract

The main assertion of this paper is to describe the phenomenon of conversion between word classes in the Thai language and present the patterns of where conversion occurs that made on the basis of the co-relation of the word, parts of speech, and sentence constituents. The Conversion is defined as the relationship between two or more words which have similar meaning and form but serve a different function. The purpose of classifying parts of speech and the study of conversion is to understand and describe the language properly well. In the process of second language acquisition, it is significant / strongly required for a second language learner to correctly grasp the parts of speech, sentence constituents and conversion between word classes of the target language. Learners’ errors occur if the parts of speech, sentence constituents and conversion between word classes of the target language are not fully comprehended. One of the causes of Korean Thai learner’s errors is the learners overlook the linguistic characteristic of Thai language. In other words, the characteristic of isolated language is that there is no change in the form of vocabulary. Therefore, classification of parts of speech , sentence constituents and conversion between word classes in Thai language plays a significant role in reducing such errors. In this paper, to help Korean Thai learners’ understanding, the parts of speech and sentence constituents of Thai language were classified and conversion between word classes in Thai language which were divided into four groups - dynamic verb conversion, noun- state verb conversion, modifier conversion, the others conversion-.