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The Languages of East and Southeast Asia. An Introduction.
Cliff Goddard
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Description for The Languages of East and Southeast Asia. An Introduction.
Paperback. Introduces readers to the linguistic diversity of East and Southeast Asia. This book includes word origins, cultural key words, tones and sounds, language families and typology, key syntactic structures, writing systems, communicative style. This is a useful text for students of linguistics, Asian languages, and Asian studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, maps, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1F; CFF; GTB; HDD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 17. Weight in Grams: 540.
This book introduces readers to the remarkable linguistic diversity of East and Southeast Asia. It contains wide-ranging and accessible discussions of every important aspect of the languages of the region, including word origins, cultural key words, tones and sounds, language families and typology, key syntactic structures, writing systems, and communicative styles. Students of linguistics will welcome the book's treatments of celebrated East Asian features such as classifiers, serial verb constructions, tones, topic-prominence, and honorifics. It shows students of particular Asian languages how their language fits structurally and culturally into the regional language mosaic. With its exercises, solutions, glossary, and ... Read more
This book introduces readers to the remarkable linguistic diversity of East and Southeast Asia. It contains wide-ranging and accessible discussions of every important aspect of the languages of the region, including word origins, cultural key words, tones and sounds, language families and typology, key syntactic structures, writing systems, and communicative styles. Students of linguistics will welcome the book's treatments of celebrated East Asian features such as classifiers, serial verb constructions, tones, topic-prominence, and honorifics. It shows students of particular Asian languages how their language fits structurally and culturally into the regional language mosaic. With its exercises, solutions, glossary, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199248605
SKU
V9780199248605
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About Cliff Goddard
Cliff Goddard is Professor of Linguistics at Griffith University, Australia. He was previously Professor of Linguistics, University of New England. His books include The Languages of East and Southeast Asia (OUP 2005). He is co-editor with Anna Wierzbicka of Meaning and Universal Grammar (Benjamins 2002) with whom he is currently working on a book concerned with words and meanings.
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