Professor Theraphan Luangthongkum (also cited variously as L-Thongkum, L. Thongkum or Thongkum in publications) is a
Thai linguist, specializing in
phonetics
Phonetics is a branch of linguistics that studies how humans produce and perceive sounds, or in the case of sign languages, the equivalent aspects of sign. Linguists who specialize in studying the physical properties of speech are phoneticians. ...
, linguistic fieldwork,
lexicography
Lexicography is the study of lexicons, and is divided into two separate academic disciplines. It is the art of compiling dictionaries.
* Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries.
* Theoreti ...
and minority languages of
Southeast Asia
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. She is currently a faculty member of the Department of Linguistics, the Faculty of Arts,
Chulalongkorn University,
Thailand
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.
In 2010 she was awarded an honorary membership by the
Linguistics Society of America,
making her the first Thai linguist to receive this honor.
Education
Prof. Luangthongkum graduated from the Faculty of Arts,
Chulalongkorn University in 1968 with a BA (2nd class honors) in English. She then went to the
University of California at Davis, where she received her MA in Linguistics in 1970. With a scholarship from the
Ford Foundation, she furthered her studies in phonetics at the
University of Edinburgh
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, where she obtained her Ph.D. in 1977.
Awards
*Distinguished Researcher Award (Humanities), National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT), 2002.
*Outstanding Research Award (Humanities), National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT), 2002.
*Distinguished Professor Award (Humanities), Chulalongkorn University, 2003.
*Distinguished Professor Award, The Eakin Laugesen Memorial Fund, 2006.
*Distinguished Research Award, the Academic Affairs Section, the Thailand Research Fund (TRF), 2007.
References
External links
Linguistic Society of AmericaDepartment of Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn UniversityProfessor Theraphan Luangthongkum (L-Thongkum)
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Living people
Theraphan Luangthongkum
Theraphan Luangthongkum
Linguists of Southeast Asian languages
Theraphan Luangthongkum
University of California, Davis alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
Linguists of Kra–Dai languages
Linguists of Austroasiatic languages
Linguists of Hmong–Mien languages
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh