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A grammatical sketch of Hainan Cham : history, contact, and phonology / Graham Thurgood, Ela Thurgood, Li Fengxiang.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thurgood, Graham, author.
- Thurgood, Ela, author.
- Li, Fengxiang, author.
- Series:
- Pacific linguistics ; 643.
- Pacific linguistics, 1448-8310 ; volume 643
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cham language--Dialects--China--Hainan Sheng--History.
- Cham language.
- Cham language--Grammar.
- Cham language--Phonology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (428 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston ; Berlin : De Gruyter/Mouton, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "This volume is a grammatical sketch of Hainan Cham, an endangered tonal Austronesian language. The study focuses on three areas: social background and contact history, the grammar (including all the recorded vocabulary), and a description of the sound system (including acoustic description). The appendixes also include the wordlist of Sanya Chinese forms and four analyzed texts"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The people and the setting
- Legends and history
- The linguistic setting
- The Hainan Cham sound system
- Acoustic analyses
- Word classes
- Clause types
- Discourse pragmatics
- Contact summary
- Appendix A: English-Hainan Cham glossary
- Appendix B: the Stübel wordlist
- Appendix C: Sanya Mandarin.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-397) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781614518778
- 1614518777
- 9781614516040
- 1614516049
- OCLC:
- 890070974
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