A discourse structure of inspiration talks in Thai
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The purpose of this article is to analyze the discourse structure of inspiration talks in Thai. The theoretical framework used in this study is Information Structure, developed by Robert E. Longacre (1983). Data in this paper was taken from TEDxBangkok 2015 to 2017, 43 video clips in total. The study itself reveals that the discourse structure of inspiration talks in Thai consists of three parts. First is introduction, which composed of greeting, gratitude, introducing oneself, using leading questions, telling topic, sharing experiences, and explaining what happened. Second, the body comprises telling what happened, sharing experiences, and suggestions. Last, the conclusion, includes of summary and farewell. Moreover, the results indicate that inspiration talks in Thai are not classified as one of Longacre’s discourse types, but incorporate various types in one inspiration talk such as narrative discourse, hortatory discourse, procedural discourse, or expository discourse. In the introduction, expository discourse was the most frequently used and in the body it was expository and narrative discourse, used in an equal proportion. Hortatory discourse was the most frequently used in the conclusion.
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