Gender Ideology in the New Words Royal Institute Dictionary Volume 1-2: A Critical Discourse Analysis Gender Ideology in The New Words Royal Institute Dictionary Volume 1-2 : A Critical Discourse Analysis.

Abstract

The research aimed to study sexual ideology through the linguistic expression in sentences used in the New Words Royal Institute Dictionary Volumes 1-2. The theory used is a Critical Discourse Analysis Approach. The objectives of this research are to classify and categorize the sexual ideology, to analyze the communication strategy and a group of ideas in sexual ideology and to figure out the dissemination of discourse and the practice of discourse that represents the Thai society and culture in the dictionary. The research found that there are 3 sexual ideologies: female, male and alternative sex (third gender). Each discourse is composed of 3 sets of ideas. There were 6 linguistic devices that show the gender identity, including the use of idioms, address term, nouns forms, verb forms, extended Calming, rhetorical questions. In term of consumption and dissemination of the discourse, we found that the discourse was disseminated via mass media. This discourse reflects the gender discrimination in Thai society and culture of individual by focusing on the physical condition of gender instead of considering the internal qualities.