Thai is a tonal language - that is the tone used to pronounce a word can change its meaning. Thai has five tones -- low, middle, high, rising and falling. For example, the word 'mai' in a falling tone means 'not' but at the end of a sentence with a high tone it indicates a question.
Postcolonialism or postcolonial studies is an academic discipline that analyzes, explains, and responds to the cultural legacy of colonialism and imperialism. Postcolonialism speaks about the human consequences of external control and economic exploitation of a native people and its lands.
This is but a recipe for neo-colonialism: 1  intervention or direct aggression in a country, rapid stabilization of the state or area using the force required. 2  a shift to a minimum US military presence as rapidly as possible. 3  rapid creation and training of effective local security and intelligence forces.