Reference Grammar of Thai - POD TITLE

Informationen zum Autor Shoichi Iwasaki is Professor of Asian languages and cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles. Klappentext A clear, detailed and comprehensive guide to the grammar of the Thai language. Zusammenfassung A Reference Grammar of Thai provides a clear and comprehensive guide to Thai grammar! designed for intermediate to advanced learners. Unlike any other book on Thai grammar! it examines data from everyday spoken discourses as well as non-technical written texts. An invaluable resource for linguists! students and teachers of Thai. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The structure of words; 3. Personal reference terms; 4. The structure of noun phrases; 5. Numeral classifiers; 6. Demonstratives; 7. Adjectives; 8. Adverbs and adverbial phrases; 9. Verbs and transitivity; 10. Challengeability marker: /cå/; 11. Modality; 12. Aspect; 13. Linking particle: /kç¿/; 14. Speech level particles; 15. Pragmatic particles; 16. Body-part expressions; 17. Copulative sentences; 18. Serial verb construction; 19. Relative clauses; 20. Complementation; 21. Quotation and complementizer /wâa/; 22. Adverbial clauses; 23. 'Yes/No' and tag questions; 24. Interrogative and indefinite expressions; 25. Reciprocal, distributive, and collective: /kan/; 26. Passive; 27. Causative; 28. Benefactive and purposive; 29. Potential; 30. Discourse.

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• Authors: Preeya Ingkaphirom, Preeya (Tokyo Gakugei University) Ingkaphirom, Shoichi Iwasaki, Shoichi (University of California Iwasaki, Shoichi Ingkaphirom Iwasaki, Iwasaki Shoichi
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.04.2009
• EAN: 9780521108676
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10867-6
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 280 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Reference Grammars; Reference Grammars
• Subject: Education and learning > Miscellaneous