THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SENTENCES IN COMMUNICATING MEANING IN SOUTHERN THAI DIALECT, JAEHE DIALECT, NARATHIWAT AND PATTANI PROVINCE

Abstract

This academic article presents examples of sentence characteristics in communicating meaning in Southern Thai dialect, Jeh Hae accent, Narathiwat Province and Pattani Province, using linguistic concepts, especially sentence characteristics in expressing meaning and sentence structure characteristics. Because sentences are very important in communication among people of all language groups, because they help senders and receivers express their thoughts and feelings correctly and in a way that is understood.

          The study found that the characteristics of sentences in communicating meaning in Southern Thai, Jeh He accent, have diversity in expressing 7 types of meaning, namely 1) declarative sentences 2) negative sentences 3) prohibitive or ordering sentences 4) command sentences 5) interrogative sentences, with 2 types: 5.1) question sentences that require facts and 5.2) question sentences that require acceptance or denial. They are question sentences that use the question word at the end mai or 6) invitation sentences and 7) request sentences. The structure of Southern Thai, Jeh He accent sentences is similar to sentences in other Thai dialects in that they can express meaning by using words or groups of words that are connected meaningfully and completely in the structure of subject (±expansion) + predicate (±expansion). The characteristics of sentences in Southern Thai, Jeh He accent found that the subject is the part that tells the doer or main issue, the predicate is the part that tells the action or condition of the subject, and the predicate is the part that expands the meaning of the subject or shows the details of the predicate.