วัจนกรรม(wát-jà-ná-gam)
Meanings
1NounC1
speech act
an utterance considered as an action, particularly with regard to its intention, purpose, or effect (a term used in linguistics and philosophy)
Examples
ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)วิชาwi-chaaวิชาwi-chaa1subject; course; field of study2knowledge; skill; discipline3esoteric or magical arts4classifier: courses/subjectsภาษาศาสตร์paa-săa-sàatภาษาศาสตร์paa-săa-sàat1linguistics2linguistics (field of study)วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)เราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)ได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreedเรียนรู้riian róoเรียนรู้riian róo[to] learn; acquire knowledgeเกี่ยวกับgìiao gàpเกี่ยวกับgìiao gàp1about; regarding; concerning2[to] relate to; concern; be aboutเรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesวัจนกรรมwát-jà-ná-gamวัจนกรรมwát-jà-ná-gamspeech actเบื้องต้นbêuuang dtônเบื้องต้นbêuuang dtôn1basic; introductory; preliminary; provisional2initially; at first; preliminarily3the outset; initial stage
In linguistics class today, we learned the basics of speech acts.