Identifying Specialized Vocabulary in Thai Food Menus Using Computer-Based Approach

Low, Piyada

doi:10.12720/jait.10.3.91-94

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“…Of the top 20 keywords with more than 100 occurrences, there are 7 noun keywords (sauce, chicken, curry, chilli, rice, prawns, and beef) and 4 adjectives (sweet, green, red, and spicy). The finding is in line with Low (2019) that the words 'chilli, curry, spicy, prawn and beef' were categorized as top 20 most frequent specialized vocabulary of Thai cuisine. The dominant keywords of Thai dishes, therefore, are 'curry, chilli, and spicy'.…”

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“…Chilli is commonly found in various kinds of Thai dishes: snacks; soups; salads; fried dishes; and steamed dishes. Curry was perceived as 'searingly hot' (Rosalin & Soetanto, 2006) and steamed rice with curry is on daily basis of Thai cuisine from breakfast and lunch to dinner (Low, 2019). The adjective word 'spicy' indicates the taste which is robust in Thai cuisine (Svasti, 2010) and like a signature of Thai dishes (Low, 2019).…”

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Descriptive language of ‘Thai SELECT Premium’ restaurant menus: Appealing perception and collocations

Low

2021

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The study examined menu descriptions of Thai restaurants on how appealing the menus communicated with customers. Data were taken from restaurant websites with 'Thai SELECT Premium' certifications in the UK. 673 menu items were obtained and analyzed in five categories (nationalism, characteristics, sensory cues, branding, organic and healthy concerns). Sensory cues category was mostly used (68.95%) followed by characteristics (41.9%) and nationalism 17.53%). Six Thai dishes on CNN Travel World's 50 Best Foods list in 2011 were investigated on appealing perception of menu descriptions via online questionnaire. Of the six dishes, there were 51 menu descriptions, and 26 descriptions were rated as 'much appealing'. Nationalism (20/26) was mostly found followed by sensory cues (16/26). Menu data were also analyzed by AntConc to extract the high frequency keywords and collocation patterns. Mostly found noun keywords were seven (sauce, chicken, curry, chilli, rice, prawns, and beef) and mostly found adjective keywords were four (sweet, green, red, and spicy). The most frequent collocation patterns were 'noun + noun' and 'adjective + noun'. Respondents requested short and precise menu descriptions, information of food ingredients to help in decision making, and local Thai food names either in Thai words or English transliteration to create exotic experience and to imply the originality.

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Descriptive language of ‘Thai SELECT Premium’ restaurant menus: Appealing perception and collocations

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2021

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The word profile of a Global Online Course for English language teachers: A corpus-based research project

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Alharthi³

2023

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Providing useful reference materials for online course participants is an important aspect for online courses. To aid a course designed to provide professional development to English language teachers from around the world, this corpus-based study investigated the frequency and coverage of Academic Word List (Coxhead, 1998), General Service List (GSL) first 1000 words (1K), and GSL second 1000 words (2K) lists. Gathering course materials and participant discussion board posts into two corpora for this study, frequency and coverage of the three base lists were calculated using AntWordProfiler and AntConc, resulting in a coverage of 9.56 % for AWL words and over 80% coverage for the two GSL lists combined in the first corpus. The high percentage of off-list words (9.75%) in the first corpus and low percentage of AWL words in the second corpus (5.23%) motivated the creation of a new word list that contains the most frequently used words outside of the AWL, GSL 1K, and GSL 2K words from the first corpus to supplement future course participants with technical words that are required to successfully complete the course.

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Identifying Specialized Vocabulary in Thai Food Menus Using Computer-Based Approach

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Descriptive language of ‘Thai SELECT Premium’ restaurant menus: Appealing perception and collocations

Descriptive language of ‘Thai SELECT Premium’ restaurant menus: Appealing perception and collocations

The word profile of a Global Online Course for English language teachers: A corpus-based research project

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