Burmese - A Comprehensive Grammar

Informationen zum Autor Mathias Jenny is Senior Lecturer/Researcher in the Department of Comparative Linguistics at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, with a research focus on the languages of Southeast Asia. He teaches General Linguistics and beginners’ Burmese. San San Hnin Tun is Maître de Conférences at Inalco/Lacito-CNRS. She teaches Burmese and researches the Burmese language, in particular on discourse structure and functions of spoken contemporary Burmese using a corpus linguistic approach. She is the author of the recent Routledge publication Colloquial Burmese . Klappentext Burmese: A Comprehensive Grammar is a complete reference guide to modern Burmese grammar. It presents a fresh and thorough description of the language, concentrating on the real patterns of use in modern Burmese. The volume is organized to promote a thorough understanding of Burmese grammar. It offers a stimulating analysis of the complexities of the language, with clear explanations. Throughout, the emphasis is on Burmese as used by present-day native speakers. Features include:detailed treatment of the common grammatical structures and parts of speechparticular attention to areas of confusion and difficultyall examples given in Burmese script, IPA phonetic transcription, and Englishglossary of linguistic terminology The Grammar is the ideal reference source for intermediate to advanced learners and users of Burmese and will remain the standard reference work for years to come. Zusammenfassung Burmese: A Comprehensive Grammar is a complete reference guide to modern Burmese grammar. It presents a fresh and thorough description of the language, concentrating on the real patterns of use in modern Burmese. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Introduction 2 Sound system and script 3 Parts of speech 4 Lexicon 5 Word structure 6 Phrase structure 7 Clause and sentence structure 8 Form and functions of utterances 9 Negation 10 Expression of tense, aspect, and modality 11 Intensifiers and comparison 12 Pragmatics and Language Use ...

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• Authors: San San Hnin Tun, San San (Cornell University Hnin Tun, Mathias Jenny, Mathias (University of Zurich) Jenny, Mathias Hnin Tun Jenny, Jenny Mathias, Jenny Mathias
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2016
• EAN: 9780415735681
• ISBN: 978-0-415-73568-1
• No. of pages: 502
• Series: Routledge Comprehensive Grammars; Routledge Comprehensive Gramma; Routledge Comprehensive Grammars
• Subjects: Education and learning; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / General, South East Asia, Regional Studies, Language: reference & general, Language: reference and general, Regional / International studies, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Language teaching and learning, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), Burmese