Mainland Southeast Asian languages : a concise typological introduction / N.J. Enfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Enfield, N. J., 1966- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Southeast Asia--Languages.

Southeast Asia.

Language and languages.

Typology (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

xviii, 262 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Summary:

"This highly accessible introduction explores the core systems and subsystems of the languages of mainland Southeast Asia, applying the main concepts of language typology, phonology, morphology, syntax, sociolinguistics, language variation, and language contact, to this diverse language area. Written by a leading expert in the languages of this region, N.J. Enfield draws upon nearly a thousand data examples from over a hundred languages from Cambodia, China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam to show the many ways in which these languages resemble each other, and differ from each other, in the context of what is known globally about the diversity of human language. The book highlights the diversity of the area's languages, with a special emphasis on the minority languages, which outnumber the national languages by nearly a hundred to one"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Context

Typological overview

Sounds and sound systems

Word formation

Reference and nominal syntax

Predication and clausal syntax

Postface.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780521765442

0521765447

9780521152426

0521152429

OCLC:

1051779979