1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457547503321

Autore

Haiman John

Titolo

Cambodian [[electronic resource] ] : Khmer / / John Haiman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-283-28050-7

9786613280503

90-272-8502-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (446 p.)

Collana

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

Disciplina

495.9/3282421

Soggetti

Khmer language - Grammar

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996396269703316

Autore

Alexander John <17th cent.>

Titolo

The last ioyfull intelligence from his excellency, his quarters in Reading [[electronic resource] ] : vvherein is contained the propositions of agreement upon which the town was delivered : with the manner of the delivery, how they marcht away without their ordnance, and the true estate of his excellencies army at this present : faithfully related in two letters / / sent from good hands in the army, to a person of good quality in the city, bearing date April 27, 1643

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for Thomas Watson, 1643

Descrizione fisica

[2], 6 p

Soggetti

Reading (England) Siege, 1643

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Attributed to John Alexander.  cf. BLC.

Reproduction of original in Thomason Collection, British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0158