Center of Excellence in Southeast Asian Linguistics
Pavadee Saisuwan

Selected Publications

Kathoey and the Linguistic Construction of Gender Identity in Thailand

This chapter examines the construction of gender identity through linguistic means among kathoey, male-to-female transgenders in Thailand. It aims to illustrate how kathoey use self-reference terms, which are gendered in Thai, to position themselves in Thai society. Overall pattern of self-reference term use in an online dataset among kathoey and among women were compared. First-person