A Historical Study of the Words /tham/ and /tham hâj/
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This research aimed to study the word /tham/ and /tham hâj/ in the Sukhothai, Ayuttaya, Thonburi and early Rattanakosin era. The data was collected from 11 different published pieces of literature in the form of prose. The results showed that the word /tham/ functioned as a transitive verb in every era. There were two types of sentence structures: NP + tham / krà?-tham/ + NP + (NP) and NP + auxiliary verbs + /tham/ / krà?-tham/ + NP. The word /tham / krà?-tham/ had function, as a causative verb, and it was found only in the early Rattanakosin era. The study also found two sentence structures which were NP +__+ NP + S and NP__+ NP2 + V2. When the sentences were categorized based on their causative verbs according to the concepts of Iwasaki and Ingkaphirom (2005, p. 324), it was found there was only forceful causative verb type, which was in the form of NP +___+ NP + S. The word /tham hâj/ was initially used in the Ayutthaya era.
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