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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778256503321

Autore

Goddard Cliff

Titolo

The languages of East and Southeast Asia [[electronic resource] ] : an introduction / / Cliff Goddard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, N.Y., : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

1-383-04160-1

0-19-103733-8

1-281-34580-6

0-19-153415-3

1-4356-0995-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (332 p.)

Disciplina

495

Soggetti

Linguistics - East Asia

East Asia Languages

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 (p.[295]-306) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of maps and figures; List of tables; Conventions and symbols; 1 The languages of East and Southeast Asia: a first look; 2 Language families, linguistic areas and language situations; 3 Words: origins, structures, meanings; 4 Grammatical topics; 5 The soundscape of East and Southeast Asia; 6 Writing systems; 7 The art of speaking; Exercises; Solutions; Glossary of linguistic terms; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"This book introduces the linguistic diversity of East and Southeast Asia. It contains treatments of diverse areas including: word origins, cultural key words, tones and sounds, language families and typology, key syntactic structures, writing systems and communicative style" --Provided by publisher.