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.

List of contents

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

About the author

Keith W. Slater

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Keith W. Slater, Slater Keith W.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.06.2003
• EAN: 9780700714711
• ISBN: 978-0-7007-1471-1
• No. of pages: 400
• Weight: 900 g
• Illustrations: Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Studies in Asian Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); 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