Professor Theraphan Luangthongkum (also cited variously as L-Thongkum, L. Thongkum or Thongkum in publications) is a Thai linguist, specializing in phonetics, linguistic fieldwork, lexicography and minority languages of Southeast Asia. She is currently a faculty member of the Department of Linguistics, the Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.
Theraphan Luangthongkum | |
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| Born | Thailand |
| Nationality | Thai |
| Other names | Theraphan L-Thongkum |
| Occupation | Linguist |
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| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Chulalongkorn University |
| Main interests | Tai languages, Austroasiatic languages |
In 2010 she was awarded an honorary membership by the Linguistics Society of America,[1] making her the first Thai linguist to receive this honor.
Prof. Luangthongkum graduated from the Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University in 1968 with a BA (2nd class honors) in English. She then went to the University of California at Davis, where she received her MA in Linguistics in 1970. With a scholarship from the Ford Foundation, she furthered her studies in phonetics at the University of Edinburgh, where she obtained her Ph.D. in 1977.