Linguistics of Vietnamese : an international survey / edited by Daniel Hole and Elisabeth Löbel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hole, Daniel P., 1969-

Löbel, Elisabeth.

Series:

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 253.

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs, 1861-4302 ; v. 253

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vietnamese language--Congresses.

Vietnamese language.

Linguistics--Vietnam--Congresses.

Linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The present collection of articles grew out of a workshop on Vietnamese linguistics in 2009 at the University of Stuttgart, Germany. To our knowledge, no workshop with a comparable scope has been held outside of Vietnam for the past 20 years, or even longer. Given the important typological status of Vietnamese as a paradigm case of an isolating language, the volume covers the most relevant fields in linguistics: syntax, semantics, phonology, and the lexicon. A guiding principle in assembling the chapters for this volume has been to take an inclusive stance as far as the commitment to different frameworks and research methodologies is concerned. All the contributors are proponents of recent developments in their individual areas of specialization. The editors have taken special care to cater for a readership which should be as broad as possible. This means that each contribution is self-contained and does not presuppose any knowledge of Vietnamese. The volume is recommended to general linguistis, comparative linguists, typologists and to researchers specializing in languages of East and South East Asia.

Contents:

Front matter

Preface

Table of contents

Introduction

I. Phonology/Phonetics

1. The cross-dialectal perception of Vietnamese tones: Indexicality and convergence / Brunelle, Marc / Jannedy, Stefanie

2. Prosodic means in repair initiation as an activity in Northern Vietnamese conversation / Phương, Hạ Kiều

II. Noun phrase syntax

3. The Vietnamese noun phrase / Tưởng, Nguyễn Hùng

4. Vietnamese classifier phrases from the perspective of how children acquire them / Tran, Jennie

III. Clausal and verb phrase syntax

5. Head-First: On the head-initiality of Vietnamese clauses / Duffield, Nigel

6. Vietnamese and the typology of passive constructions / Simpson, Andrew / Tâm, Hồ Hảo

7. Serial verbs and change of location constructions in Vietnamese / Hanske, Theresa

IV. Pronouns and minor word classes

8. Wh-phrases as indefinites: A Vietnamese perspective / Thuan, Tran / Bruening, Benjamin

9. On conjunction and comitativity in Vietnamese / Paris, Marie-Claude / Xuyến, Lê Thị

10. Focus particles and related entities in Vietnamese / Hole, Daniel

Index

Notes:

"The present collection of chapters grew out of a workshop on 'Linguistics of Vietnamese' at the University of Stuttgart in July 2009."--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110289411

3110289415

OCLC:

851970647