N. J. Enfield

Mainland Southeast Asian Languages

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A concise introduction to the languages of mainland Southeast Asia that provides a new look at this unique area.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 565g
• ISBN-13: 9780521765442
• ISBN-10: 0521765447
• Artikelnr.: 52612574

Autorenporträt

N. J. Enfield is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sydney. He is a leading expert on the languages of mainland Southeast Asia. His publications include A Grammar of Lao (2007), Dynamics of Human Diversity: The Case of Mainland Southeast Asia (2011), and Languages of Mainland Southeast Asia: The State of the Art (2015, with Bernard Comrie). He is working on a reference grammar of Kri, a Vietic language spoken in Laos.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Context
2. Typological overview
3. Sounds and sound systems
4. Word formation
5. Reference and nominal syntax
6. Predication and clausal syntax
7. Postface.