A Grammar of Mangghuer - A Mongolic Language of China's Qinghai-Gansu Sprachbund

This book is a grammar of Mangghuer, a Mongolic language. Its primary importance is as a systematic grammatical description of a little-known language. It also makes a significant contribution to comparative Mongolic studies.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Abbreviations and Symbols List of Tables 1. Background 2. Phonology 3. Nouns and Noun Phrases 4. The Clause 5. The Subjective / Objective Speaker Involvement Distinction 6. Clause Combining 7. Reported Speech in Folktale Narratives 8. Language Contact: Summary and Implications Appendix Notes References Index

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Keith W. Slater

Zusammenfassung

This book is a grammar of Mangghuer, a Mongolic language. Its primary importance is as a systematic grammatical description of a little-known language. It also makes a significant contribution to comparative Mongolic studies.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Keith W. Slater, Slater Keith W.
• Verlag: Taylor and Francis
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 19.06.2003
• EAN: 9780700714711
• ISBN: 978-0-7007-1471-1
• Seiten: 400
• Gewicht: 900 g
• Illustration: Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Serie: Routledge Studies in Asian Linguistics
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Sozialwissenschaften allgemein; Language, Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Society & culture: general, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / General, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Chinese, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Society and culture: general, Language and Linguistics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General