LEADER 02967nam 2200577 a 450 001 9910781637403321 005 20230725051216.0 010 $a1-283-28050-7 010 $a9786613280503 010 $a90-272-8502-0 035 $a(CKB)2550000000048482 035 $a(EBL)769696 035 $a(OCoLC)45390910 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000534755 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12180924 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000534755 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10511454 035 $a(PQKB)10740096 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC769696 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL769696 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10500255 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL328050 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000048482 100 $a20110615d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCambodian$b[electronic resource] $eKhmer /$fJohn Haiman 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aPhiladelphia $cJohn Benjamins Pub. Co.$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (446 p.) 225 1 $aLondon Oriental and African language library,$x1382-3485 ;$vv. 16 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-272-3816-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCambodian; 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 327 $a10. How do Khmer words change their meanings?11. The parts of speech; Appendix; References; Index 330 $aCambodian is in many respects a typical Southeast Asian language, whose syntax at least on first acquaintance seems to approximate that of any SVO pidgin. On closer acquaintance, however, because of the richness of its idioms, the language seems to be a forbiddingly alien form of "Desesperanto" - a language of which one can read a page and understand every word individually, and have no inkling of what the page was all about. Like many of the languages of its genetic (Austroasiatic) family, its basic root vocabulary seems to consist largely of sesquisyllabic or iambic words, although there are 410 0$aLondon Oriental and African language library ;$vv. 16. 606 $aKhmer language$xGrammar 615 0$aKhmer language$xGrammar. 676 $a495.9/3282421 700 $aHaiman$b John$0168895 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781637403321 996 $aCambodian$93865437 997 $aUNINA