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| DR. SUWILAI PREMSRIRAT, PROFESSOR EMERITUS |
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2001-2005 Director of Research Institute for Language and Culture of Asia
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Research Institute for Language and Culture of Asia, Mahidol University |
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(662) 8002329 ext. 3301, (662) 8002323 |
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suwilai.pre@mahidol.ac.th |
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Education
:
Ph.D. in Linguistics
Academic position :
Professor of Linguistics
Administrative
position
- Past position
: Director, Research
Institute for Language
and Culture of Asia,
Mahidol University,
Thailand
- Present position
: Director, Center
of Documentation
and Revitalization
of Endangered Languages
and Cultures, Research
Institute for Language
and Culture of Asia,
Mahidol University,
Thailand
Award
receiver :
- Mahidol Award
of the year 2001,
the outstanding
Researcher
- National Research
Council of Thailand,
the Best researcher
in Philosophy of
the year 2006
- CIPL(Comite International
Permanent des Linguistes)
Award winner for
The Endangered Languages
2008
Work
and experience :
Suwilai Premsrirat has
been researching and
writing on ethnic minority
languages in Thailand
and mainland Southeast
Asia since 1975 specializing
in Mon-Khmer languages.
Her major publications
include a Thesaurus
and Dictionary Series
of Khmu in Southeast
Asia ( which was the
result of her extensive
studies of Khmu in Thailand,
Laos, Vietnam and China),
Ethnolinguistic mapping
of Thailand, and Endangered
languages. Her work
on endangered languages
includes a survey of
endangered lanuages
in Thailand; documentary
work on languages in
Thailand such as Nothern
Khmer, So (Thavueng),
Nyah Kur, Chong, Kasong
as well as the Iduh
language in Laos and
Vietnam; and language
revitalization programs
for Chong, Nyah Kur,
Thavueng, Gong, Lavua,
Mpi, and Mlabri. Professor
Suwilai is the founder
of the Research Center
for Documentation and
Revitalization of Endangered
Languages and Cultures.
She is currently working
in language planning
for bilingual education,
using Patani Malay as
bridge language of instruction
in Thailand’s Deep South.
Selected
Publication :
- Ethnoliguistic Mapping
of Thailand
- Suwilai Premsrirat.
2006. “Thailand:
Language Situation”
Encyclopedia
of Language
and Linguistics
2nd Edition,
Oxford: Elsevier
Limited.
- Suwilai Premsrirat
et al. 2004.
Ethnolinguistic
Maps of Thailand.
Ministry of
Culture and
Mahidol Unversity.
- Suwilai Premsrirat
and Naraset
Pisitpanporn.
1999 “Language
and ethnicity
in the Korat
plateau.” In
Dry Areas in
SEA: Harsh or
Benign Environment?
Center for SEA
Studies, Kyoto
University,
Japan.
- Khmu in Southeast
Asia
- Suwilai Premsrirat.
2004. “Register
complex and
tonogenesis
in Khmu dialects.”MKS
. 34:1-17.
- Suwilai Premsrirat.
2002. “Appropriateness
in Khmu Culture.”
MKS . 32:117-129.
- Suwilai Premsrirat.
2002. “Thesaurus
and Dictionary
Series of Khmu
Dialects in
Southeast Asia”.
MKS . Publication
No. 1
Volume 1. Thesaurus
of Khmu Dialects
in Southeast
Asia
Volume 2. Dictionary
of Khmu in China
Volume 3. Dictionary
of Khmu in Laos
Volume 4. Dictionary
of Khmu in Vietnam
Volume 5. Dictionary
of Khmu in Thailand
- Suwilai Premsrirat.
1999. Phonological
variation and
change in the
Khmu dialects
of northern
Thailand. MKS
. 29:57-69.
- Suwilai Premsrirat.
1998. Khmu.
Encyclopedia
of Ethnic Groups
in Thailand
(in Thai). Research
Institute for
Language and
Culture of Asia,
Mahidol. University
- Suwilai Premsrirat.
1991. “Aspects
of inter-clausal
relations in
Khmu.” In Austroasiatic
Language: Essays
in Honor of
Professor Harry
Shorto. School
of Oriental
and African
Studies, London
University,
London, U.K.
- Suwilai Premsrirat.
1989. Khmu:
A Minority Language
of Thailand
(including “A
Khmu grammar”
and “A study
of Thai and
Khmu cutting
words”). Pacific
Linguistics
Series A 75,
Canberra: The
Australian National
University.
- Suwilai Premsrirat.
1988. Khmu Life
Styles from
50 Conversation(in
Thai). Research
Institute for
Language and
Culture of Asia,
Mahidol. University.
- Suwilai Premsrirat.
1986. “ Worldview
in Khmu”(in
Thai). Thammasart
Journal. 15.1:
94-113.
- Documentation and
Revitalization of
Endangered Languages
- Suwilai Premsrirat.
2008. “Language
for National
Reconciliation:
Southern Thailand.”
EENET. Enabling
Education. Issue
12.
- Suwilai Premsrirat.
2008. “Orthography
Development
for the Unwritten,
a Tool for Revitalizing
and Maintaining
Ethnic Minority
Language.” Journal
of Language
and Culture
(in Thai). Research
Institute for
Language and
Culture of Asia,
Mahidol University
- Suwilai Premsrirat,
Siripen Ungsittipoonporn
and Isara Choosri.
2008. Chong
Dictionary.
Center for Documentation
and Revitalization
of Endangered
Languages. Research
Institute for
Language and
Culture of Asia,
Mahidol University
- Suwilai Premsrirat.
2007. An Experience
in Revitalizing
Endangered Languages
of Thailand:
Chong Language,
Chantaburi (in
Thai). Center
for Documentation
and Revitalization
of Endangered
Languages. Research
Institute for
Language and
Culture of Asia.
Mahidol University
- Suwilai Premsrirat.
2007. “Endangered
Languages of
Thailand” International
Journal of Sociology
of Language.
186(2007) :
75-93.
- Suwilai Premsrirat
and Dennis Malone.
2006. “Language
development
and language
revitalization
in Asia.” MKS
. 35:101-120.
- Suwilai Premsrirat
and Pornsawan
Ploykeao. 2006.
Kasong and Sammre
: Encyclopedia
of Ethnic Groups
in Thailand.
Research Institute
for Language
and Culture
of Asia, Mahidol.
University
- Suwilai Premsrirat.
2001. “The future
of Nyah Kur”.
In Robert S.
Bauer, ed. Collected
Papers on Southeast
Asian and Pacific
Linguistics.
pp. 155-165,
Canberra: The
Australian National
University.
- Suwilai Premsrirat.
2000. So (Thavung)
Dictionary.
University of
Melbourne Press.
- Suwilai Premsrirat.
1998. “Language
maintenance
and language
shift in minority
languages of
Thailand”. In
Studies in Endangered
Languages. Papers
from the International
Symposium on
Endangered Languages,
Tokyo, November
18-20 1995,
ed. Kazuto Matsumura,
Tokyo, Japan.
- Work on ethnic minority
languages in general
- Suwilai Premsrirat.
1997. “Linguistic
contributions
to the study
of the Northern
Khmer Language
of Thailand
in the last
two decades.”
MKS . 27:129-136.
- Suwilai Premsrirat.
1996. “Phonological
characteristics
of So (Thavung),
a Vietic language
of Thailand.”
MKS. 26:161-178.
- Suwilai Premsrirat.
1994. “Phonetic
variation of
final trill
and final palatals
in Khmer dialects
of Thailand.”
MKS. 24:1-26
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