Professor Theraphan Luangthongkum (also cited variously as L-Thongkum, L. Thongkum or Thongkum in publications) is a

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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. * Theoretica ...

and minority languages of

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. She is currently a faculty member of the Department of Linguistics, the Faculty of Arts,

Chulalongkorn University Chulalongkorn University (CU, th, จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย, ), nicknamed Chula ( th, จุฬาฯ), is a public and autonomous research university in Bangkok, Thailand. The university was originally fo ...

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. In 2010 she was awarded an honorary membership by the

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, making her the first Thai linguist to receive this honor.

Education

Prof. Luangthongkum graduated from the Faculty of Arts,

in 1968 with a BA (2nd class honors) in English. She then went to the

University of California at Davis The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university near Davis, California. Named a Public Ivy, it is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The institut ...

, where she received her MA in Linguistics in 1970. With a scholarship from the

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, she furthered her studies in phonetics at the

University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh ( sco, University o Edinburgh, gd, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Granted a royal charter by King James VI in 15 ...

, 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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Theraphan Luangthongkum Professor Theraphan Luangthongkum (also cited variously as L-Thongkum, L. Thongkum or Thongkum in publications) is a Thai linguist, specializing in phonetics, linguistic fieldwork, lexicography and minority languages of Southeast Asia. She is cur ...

Linguists of Southeast Asian languages

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