Enfield

The Languages of Mainland Southeast Asia

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A survey of the languages of mainland Southeast Asia, covering the history and structures of languages in this unique area.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 466
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 684g
• ISBN-13: 9781108700214
• ISBN-10: 1108700217
• Artikelnr.: 68505561

Autorenporträt

N. J. Enfield is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sydney. His publications include Linguistic Epidemiology (2003), 'Areal linguistics and mainland Southeast Asia' (Annual Review of Anthropology, 2005), A Grammar of Lao (2007), Dynamics of Human Diversity (2011) and Languages of Mainland Southeast Asia (co-authored with Bernard Comrie, 2015). He is working on a reference grammar of Kri, a Vietic language spoken in Laos.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
List of Maps
List of Tables
Preface
1. Context
2. Language Histories and Classifications
3. Typological Overview
4. Phonological systems
5. Word formation
6. Reference and Nominal Syntax
7. Predication and Clausal Syntax
Postface
References
Index.