Cambodian : Khmer / John Haiman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haiman, John.

Series:

London Oriental and African language library ; v. 16.

London Oriental and African language library, 1382-3485 ; v. 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Khmer language--Grammar.

Khmer language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (446 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cambodian is in many respects a typical Southeast Asian language, whose syntax at least on first acquaintance seems to approximate that of any SVO pidgin. On closer acquaintance, however, because of the richness of its idioms, the language seems to be a forbiddingly alien form of "Desesperanto" - a language of which one can read a page and understand every word individually, and have no inkling of what the page was all about. Like many of the languages of its genetic (Austroasiatic) family, its basic root vocabulary seems to consist largely of sesquisyllabic or iambic words, although there are

Contents:

Cambodian; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction; Abbreviations; 1. Phonology and orthography; 2. The structure of words; 3. Derivational morphology and word formation; 4. Symmetrical compounds; 5. The conventional Noun Phrase; 6. Indexical words; 7. Clausal syntax; 1. The order of arguments; 2. Predicate complements; 3. Nominal adpositions; 4. Modification; 5. Coordination; 6. Negation; 7. Questions; 8. Imperatives; 9. Marking topics; 10. Kw: and focus marking; Notes; 8. Complex verbal predicates and verbal clumps; 9. Explicit clause combining

10. How do Khmer words change their meanings?11. The parts of speech; Appendix; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613280503

9781283280501

1283280507

9789027285027

9027285020

OCLC:

45390910