A Comparative Analysis of the use of First-Person Pronouns in Chinese and Thai

Authors

  • Montree Denonpho Department of Chinese Education, Chandrakasem Rajabhat University, Thailand
  • Nicha Chokewinyoo Department of Chinese Education, Chandrakasem Rajabhat University, Thailand
  • Artidtaya Pewdum Department of Chinese Education, Chandrakasem Rajabhat University, Thailand
  • Luo Fengxian Thai language major, Royal University of Nambang, Thailand
  • Wu Dongyan School of Management Engineering, Guilin University, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20961/mandarinable.v2i1.707

Abstract

In modern Chinese, the use of first-person pronouns has gone through a process from complex to simple, and finally mainly uses “我”. However, although the first-person pronouns in Thai have also undergone historical development, they are diversified in forms and complicated in use. Different words are often used according to the differences in the speaker’s age, social status, gender and so on. From the perspective of morphology, singular and plural, and grammatical comparison, this paper takes the first-person pronouns as the discussion object, aiming to summarize and compare the similarities and differences of first-person pronouns between Chinese and Thai. Such different use of personal pronouns has certain theoretical significance and reference value for cross-cultural language communication.

Keywords:

grammar, person pronouns, chinese-thai

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Published

2023-04-11

How to Cite

Denonpho, M. ., Chokewinyoo, N. ., Pewdum, A. ., Fengxian, L. ., & Dongyan, W. . (2023). A Comparative Analysis of the use of First-Person Pronouns in Chinese and Thai. MANDARINABLE : Journal of Chinese Studies, 2(1), 29–38. https://doi.org/10.20961/mandarinable.v2i1.707