02967nam 2200577 a 450 991078163740332120230725051216.01-283-28050-7978661328050390-272-8502-0(CKB)2550000000048482(EBL)769696(OCoLC)45390910(SSID)ssj0000534755(PQKBManifestationID)12180924(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000534755(PQKBWorkID)10511454(PQKB)10740096(MiAaPQ)EBC769696(Au-PeEL)EBL769696(CaPaEBR)ebr10500255(CaONFJC)MIL328050(EXLCZ)99255000000004848220110615d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCambodian[electronic resource] Khmer /John HaimanAmsterdam ;Philadelphia John Benjamins Pub. Co.20111 online resource (446 p.)London Oriental and African language library,1382-3485 ;v. 16Description based upon print version of record.90-272-3816-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 combining10. How do Khmer words change their meanings?11. The parts of speech; Appendix; References; IndexCambodian 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 areLondon Oriental and African language library ;v. 16.Khmer languageGrammarKhmer languageGrammar.495.9/3282421Haiman John168895MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781637403321Cambodian3865437UNINA