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    A Comparative Study of Postmodifiers Used in Business News in Leading Newspapers in Thailand, USA, and UK
    (University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, 2011)
    พรพรรณ บุญพัฒนาภรณ์
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    University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce. School of Humanities
    The purposes of this study were to investigate types of sentences frequently used in business news, to investigate types and functions of postmodifires frequently used in each type of sentence in business news in the Bangkok Post, The Nation, USA Today, and The Guardian, and to synthesize patterns of postmodifiers used in each type of sentence. The corpus was 120 business news stories from four newspapers covering economics, marketing, commerce, industry, information technology, and property selected during April and June 2010. Frequency and percentage were employed for the data analysis.The study revealed that complex sentences were used most frequently in the Bangkok Post, USA Today, and The Guardian while simple sentences were used most frequently in The Nation. Prepositional phrases modifying noun phrases were used most frequently in simple, complex and compound-complex sentences in all the four newspapers studied. Regarding compound sentences, prepositional phrases modifying noun phrases were used most frequently in the Bangkok Post, The Nation, and USA Today while compound sentences in The Guardian included prepositional phrases modifying verb phrases at the highest percentage. News writers tended to place both phrase and clause postmodifiers, which occurred in series and included other types of embedded postmodifiers, in predicate part more than in the subject part. Prepositional phrases, present participial phrases, past participial phrases, and appositive phrases were frequently used in both parts but adverb phrases, and elliptical clauses were always placed at the end of the sentence. Simple and complex sentences included more varieties of postmodifier types than in compound and compound-complex sentences. The Bangkok Post and foreign news writers tended to use postmodifiers in similar ways.
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    War and Peace Discourse on News about Political Conflicts: The Seizure of Don Muang and Suvarnabhumi Airports, the “Debacle” of the ASEAN Summit and the “Black Songkran” through the Eyes of English Newspapers in Thailand
    (University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, 2011)
    นฤมล จันทรศุภวงศ์
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    School of Humanities
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    University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce. School of Humanities
    The discourse constructed in the news about the PAD’s seizure of the Don Muang and Suvarnabhumi airports, the disruption of the 14 th Asean summit in Pattaya and the “Black Songkran” is “war and peace” discourse. The news about these political conflicts in Thailand was reported in the two English newspapers: Bangkok Post and The Nation between November and December 2008 and between March and April 2009 respectively. The “war” discourse in the news about the PAD’s seizure of the Don Muang and Suvarnabhumi airports was constructed through the use of noun and verb phrases in news reports, editorials together with comments from columnists, vocabulary on military equipment and the description of the airports, Bangkok and the protest site.The “war” discourse in the news about the disruption of the 14 th Asean summit in Pattaya and the “Black Songkran” in 2009 was constructed through the naming of the situations themselves, the naming of the people involved in the situations and the description of Bangkok and the protest site as well. The use of noun and verb phrases in news reports, editorials together with comments from columnists, vocabulary on military equipment also highlight the “war” discourse.In addition, the “peace” discourse presented in the news about these political conflicts was constructed through the use of phrases calling for talks, reconciliation and political reform.Moreover, the news about the PAD’s seizure of the Don Muang and Suvarnabhumi airports also constructed the “trouble makers” discourse. The naming of the seizure of the two airports, the naming of the PAD, the use of noun and verb phrases in news reports, editorials together with comments from columnists, travelers and business people who were affected by the closure of the airports helped strengthen the “trouble makers” discourse.The use of idioms, metaphor, simile, and personification was also found in the news. Strong criticism and suggestions were found as well.The study of the discourses constructed in these political conflicts is one of the examples showing the power of language used in the media, especially newspaper.
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