https://so03.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JLC <p>The<strong> Journal of Language and Culture</strong>, a biannual publication in the fields of Humanities and Social Sciences, is issued in June and December by the<strong> Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia</strong> at Mahidol University. Established in 1981, the journal serves as a platform for disseminating scholarly works on language and culture, with a focus on contributing to national development and fostering international collaboration. Additionally, it aims to champion the preservation, development, and revitalization of language and culture.</p> <p>This journal invites submissions in various sub-fields, including linguistics, cultural studies, anthropology, community development, and language for communication, translation, and teaching. It particularly encourages theoretically focused analyses, applied research, and papers that present synthesized research conducted in the Asian region.</p> <p>For consideration, only original manuscripts will be reviewed, provided they have not been submitted or published elsewhere. Each manuscript undergoes a rigorous review process by three academic experts in the relevant field. Acceptance is contingent upon the approval of three referees. The Editorial Board retains the right to reject any material deemed inappropriate, make minor changes for presentation and format purposes, and assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of the content.</p> <p>Articles will be published in the order determined by the Editorial Board for each issue. It is important to note that any article featured in the Journal of Language and Culture represents the academic perspectives of the author(s) and should not be construed as reflective of the Editorial Board's opinions.</p> Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia, Mahidol University en-US Journal of Language and Culture 0125-6424 <p>The articles featured in the Journal of Language and Culture (JLC) constitute academic works representing the viewpoints of the respective author(s). It is crucial to note that these opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the Editorial Board.</p> <p>All articles published in JLC are released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This license grants permission for unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided proper credit is given to the original author(s) and the source.</p> https://so03.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JLC/article/view/293082 <p>This article investigates the paradoxical coexistence of Standard French and <em>France’s langues régionales</em> within a republican framework historically committed to linguistic assimilation. It addresses the central question of how these languages survive and interact in a legal and social environment designed to ensure the supremacy of French. Through a critical analysis of France’s political-legal history, from the absolutist ideology of the French Revolution to the restrictive constitutional interpretations of the 21st century, the study examines the mechanisms of state-led linguistic suppression and the corresponding strategies of community-led revitalization. The findings reveal that this coexistence is not a stable equilibrium but a dynamic and deeply asymmetrical struggle. While the French state relegates regional languages to the symbolic status of “heritage,” denying them substantive rights through its non-ratification of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages and recent legal challenges like the <em>Loi Molac</em>, linguistic communities have forged resilient pathways for survival. These pathways include the creation of successful immersive school networks (e.g., Diwan, Calandretas), the use of cultural production as a space for innovation and prestige-building, and the development of vibrant digital communities. A key finding is the emergence of “new speakers,” a demographic recasting the terms of language legitimacy and transforming linguistic practice from an inherited tradition into a conscious act of political and cultural identity. The article suggests that the future of France’s linguistic diversity hinges on the Republic’s capacity to reconcile its foundational monolingual ideology with the persistent, lived reality of its multilingual populace.</p> Kantapon Intamart Copyright (c) 2025 Kantapon Intamart https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2025-12-25 2025-12-25 45 1 1 18 https://so03.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JLC/article/view/293139 <p>Management at living archaeological sites can favor a secular-scientific globalized perspective of heritage at the expense of describing complex and long-term relationships involving local people and their heritage landscapes. This is especially so in places of historical severance where current people have no direct line of descent to the ancient ruins. This research aims to bridge this gap by considering the Ban Chiang World Heritage Site in Thailand as a case study. Employing a qualitative approach rooted in ethnographic observation and Heritage Discourse Analysis (HDA), the study investigates everyday heritage practices and local discourses. The main discovery is that the Tai Puan community engages in “spiritual adoption,” a culturally advanced form of mundane heritage work whereby they reanimate sleeping dead artifacts and develop a metaphoric sense of kinship, making the unknown remains into spiritual ancestors. The study contributes to three key areas: Theoretically, it extends the concept of spiritual materiality beyond overtly sacred places to secular archaeological contexts; Methodologically, it demonstrates the utility of HDA in uncovering silenced local ontologies; and practically, it calls for a paradigm shift in heritage management from object-based preservation to the facilitation of living relationships between people and their layered, spiritual landscapes.</p> Sitta Kongsasana Copyright (c) 2025 Sitta Kongsasana https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2025-12-25 2025-12-25 45 1 19 40