Take an in-depth look at Southeast Asia's most treasured sites on a spectacular journey through Cambodia, Thailand and Laos. From Cambodia and the famed temples of the Khmer Empire at Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom to Thailand's ancient capitals of Sukhothai and Ayutthaya, featuring impressive examples of Thai architecture and gigantic Buddhist monasteries, students will examine the history and ancient traditions of some of the world's richest cultures.
This collection of 19 articles comes out of the 1999 International Symposium of Linguistic Politeness, held in Bangkok, Thailand. The contributions span a wide geographical and linguistic array, ranging all the way from Ireland and England over Sweden to China and Japan, from Australia over Thailand to Greece and Spain. Also, the languages represented are quite untypical for studies in this field: more than half of the contributions (even if not counting the three plenaries) stem from people working in such fields as Chinese, Japanese or Thai.
