Mainland Southeast Asian Languages - A Concise Typological Introduction

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

List of contents

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.

About the author

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.

Summary

A student-oriented introduction that applies the main concepts of typology, phonology, morphology, syntax, sociolinguistics, language variation and language contact, to the study of Southeast Asian languages. It is ideal for students of Asia, Asian languages and linguistics, as well as students taking broader courses on Asian languages and language typology.

Product details

• Authors: N J Enfield, N. J. Enfield, N. J. (University of Sydney) Enfield, Enfield N. J.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9780521152426
• ISBN: 978-0-521-15242-6
• No. of pages: 278
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Phonetics, phonology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, East & Southeast Asian languages, East and Southeast Asian languages, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Southeast Asian Languages