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    Heart Talk: Say What You Feel in Thai
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    Heart Talk: Say What You Feel in Thai

    By Christopher G. Moore

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    About this ebook

    Heart Talk is a study of the emotional range of the Thai language through the word ‘jai’ or heart in English. It provides a comprehensive list of 900 jai phrases, neatly organized for different situations.

    The book comes with phonetic and pronunciation guides, and a sign language bonus for selected jai phrases. Explanation for each jai phrase includes illustrative examples.

    Heart Talk provides an insight into how Thai speakers express their feelings. It opens the door to the private realm of the Thai language: the linguistic heartscape where ideas take shape, feelings are formed, moods floated, and relationships mended when broken.

    Praise

    “The Thai language must have more expressions for the heart than any other tongue. So the third edition of Heart Talk, which has been greatly expanded, will give your Thai Skills a triple bypass. Never again will locals chuckle at your I-am-Tarzan Thai. Now they’ll just giggle like leprechauns on laughing gas at your off-key pronunciation.””
    —Untamed Travel, October 2006

    “Moore has . . . voyaged deeply into the heart of his adopted country, and this is nowhere more evident in his one nonfiction book, the appropriately titled Heart Talk. A groundbreaking exploration of Thai culture, the volume was inspired by Moore’s realization that the notion of heart, in all its forms, is the central metaphor in the Thai language.”
    —Georgia Straight

    “The book should prove an invaluable tool for both Thai speakers and students of that language.”
    —The Nation

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHeavenLakePress
    Release dateJan 3, 2013
    ISBN9781301319008
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    Heart Talk: Say What You Feel in Thai
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    Christopher G. Moore

    Christopher G. Moore is a Canadian citizen and formerly taught law at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of nine novels featuring Vincent Calvino, and the winner of the Deutscher Krimi Preis, Germany's most prestigious award for crime fiction. He has lived in Bangkok since 1988.Both The Risk of Infidelity Index and Spirt House are published by Atlantic.

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