An Analytical Study of Anthropological Linguistics Reflected from Luk-Isan Literature towards Isan Lifestyle

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) To study a content on Anthropological Linguistics terms reflected from ‘Luk-Isan’ literature, 2) To analyze a content of language concerning a detail of Isan lifestyle, culture, community, society, beliefs, and local knowledge and wisdom of Isan people appearing in ‘Luk-Isan’ literature, 3) To compare Isan Lifestyle from ‘Luk-Isan’ literature with those forms in current Isan community. The research methodology is commentary study with the way of analysis novel ‘A Child of the Northeast’ by Kham-Phoon Boonthawi and field-work study is exploration the way of life of Isan people in the current time at Ban Sai-Moon, Sai-Moon Sub-District, Sai Moon District, Yasothorn province.
The results revealed that:
1. This study intended to study these language concepts of Anthropological Linguistics through the story contexts of language usage characteristics, society, culture, the way of life, lifestyles in daily life and local wisdom from individual attitude in Isan community.
2. The main story plots had narrated the ordinary daily life on those time such as the way of life, social living, culture, the mixture of religion and beliefs, extensive knowledge of hunting and local ecology, various skills of local wisdom, and Isan culture of eating styles. As well as the inventiveness and the artistry seen in handicrafts and household appliances used in house.
3. The results of the field study found that the way of life of Isan people has changed greatly in accordance with the progress of the world in the era of globalization. The narrative stories that appeared in the literature but not completely appearing in the current Isan community and were lost in the present Isan society. Therefore, Lifestyles and social living have been changed depending on the changes of the era.