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Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Ethnic Groups Research Database |
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| Subject |
Lahu, Baptist Lahu, Lahu language, literacy, Chiang Mai, Thailand |
| Author |
Judith M. S. Pine |
| Title |
Lahu Writing and Writing Lahu: An Inquiry into the Value of Literacy |
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Thesis |
Original Language of Text |
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| Ethnic Identity |
Lahu,
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Language and Linguistic Affiliations |
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Total Pages |
173 |
Year |
2002 |
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A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. University of Washington, Department of Anthropology. |
| Abstract |
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This study was a survey on the literacy concept created in the Thai discourse, international contexts and anthropology theory that show the impact of the concept on the people regarded as “without-writing” in order to understand the value of a written language and literacy in the Lahu context. The author considered two different approaches. One approach regards the written language as a tool of communication which is the technology for defining and decoding meaningful information or messages. The other separates the Lahu written language as a tool, regarding the written language as a group’s possession and identifying them as those with writing and those without writing. With this investigation, it is expected to understand the apparent indelibility of the “without-writing” label (Abstract).
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