THE WAY OF USING A PARTICULAR NOUN INDICATING KINSHIP IN THAI ETHNIC LANGUAGE

Abstract

In Thai ethnic language, nouns which indicate family relationship  -  kinship are used  not  only  by  people  in  the  family  but  also  by  people  who  do  not  have  relative relationship to communicate  in social  life. This  form of address  has a strong and effective expressive  meaning.  When  we  carry  out  a  research  into  the   style  of  addressing  in  Thai families, we will study the form of address in every relation, such as between husband and wife,  parents  and  children,  brothers  and  sisters,  daughter-in-law,  son-in-law  and  other members  in  the  family.  Through  the  study,  we  hope  to  introduce  a  general  but  vivid  and specific description of the form of address in Thai families.