Using the negated universal quantifier not every, the study investigates the interpretations of scalar implicatures, lexical presuppositions, and implicated presup- positions by Thai children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs; n = 32), compared to their typically-developing (TD) peers (n = 70) and adults (n = 40). The results provide further
Central Thailand is home to diverse populations with the central Thai constituting the major group, while the Mon, who migrated from southern Myanmar, are sparsely distributed within the region. A total of 338 individuals of eight central Thai (246 samples) and three Mon populations (92 samples) were newly genotyped. When
The present study examined the acoustic cues of sarcasm in Thai. Four Thai speakers participated in two reading tasks: neutrality and sarcasm reading. Speech rate, F0 mean, F0 range, amplitude mean, amplitude range, F0 slope, and F0 intercept were measured and analyzed. The results indicated that sarcasm was produced at
The objectives of this study are 1) to analyze voice onset time in Thai plosive consonants, namely voiced, voiceless unaspirated and voiceless aspirated plosives, produced by trans women with comparison to those of males and females; and 2) to investigate the trans woman’s gender construction in terms of femininity index
Despite the increasing importance of English both in Thai society and worldwide, the appropriateness of code-switching practices has been a controversial issue among Thai speakers, especially those in Generation Y whose attitude runs the gamut from acceptance to rejection. Thus, this paper examines Thai speakers in Generation Y’s attitudes towards
Studies of change across the lifespan have enabled a more nuanced understanding of segmental sound change, but this method has hardly ever been used in tone change research. This study, one of the first longitudinal studies of tone, investigates the tonal contours of King Rama IX of Thailand across a
