Vietnamese : Tieng Viet Khong Son Phan / Hoà Nguyễn Đình

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nguyễn, Đình Hòa, 1924-2000.

Series:

London Oriental and African language library ; v. 9.

London Oriental and African language library, 1382-3485 ; v. 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vietnamese language--Grammar.

Vietnamese language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An essential descriptive introduction to a South-East Asian language with over seventy million speakers, this book provides a conservative treatment of the phonology, lexicon and syntax of Vietnamese, with comments on semantics and history, with particular reference to writing systems, loan words and syntactic structures. All example texts are transcribed and glossed.Prof. Nguy?n Đình-Hoà has based this grammar on his vast teaching experience and gives basic insights into "Vietnamese without veneer".

Contents:

VIETNAMESE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. The Sound System; Chapter 3. The lexicon; Chapter 4. The lexicon (continued); Chapter 5. Parts of Speech; Chapter 6. Parts of Speech (continued); Chapter 7. Parts of Speech (continued); Chapter 8. The Noun Phrase; Chapter 9. The Verb Phrase; Chapter 10. The Sentence; Chapter 11. The Sentence (continued); APPENDIX 1. PARTSOF SPEECH; APPENDIX 2. TEXTS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references p. [263]-275 and index.

ISBN:

9786613222442

1-283-22244-2

90-272-8308-7

OCLC:

742333661