LEADER 02966oam 2200721I 450 001 9910800063603321 005 20240131144509.0 010 $a1-135-14469-9 010 $a0-203-60519-5 010 $a1-299-28872-3 010 $a1-135-14461-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203605196 035 $a(CKB)2560000000099934 035 $a(EBL)1144475 035 $a(OCoLC)831119612 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000854793 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11453956 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000854793 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10911457 035 $a(PQKB)10903572 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1144475 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1144475 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10670598 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL460122 035 $a(OCoLC)830324047 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB132499 035 $a(PPN)270085483 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000099934 100 $a20180331d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLinguistic epidemiology $esemantics and grammar of language contact in mainland Southeast Asia /$fN.J. Enfield 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledgeCurzon,$d2003. 215 $a1 online resource (412 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledgeCurzon Asian linguistics series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-86833-5 311 $a0-415-29743-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [370]-383) and indexes. 327 $apt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Background--mainland Southeast Asia -- pt. 3. Polyfunctionality of daj[superscript 4] -- pt. 3. Other sample languages -- pt. 4. Conclusion. 330 $aThis important new study examines in detail a semantic-pragmatic pattern surrounding the basic verb 'acquire' in nearly 30 Southeast Asian languages, concentrating on Lao, Vietnamese, Khmer, Kmhmu, Hmong, and varieties of Chinese.The book makes a significant contribution to empirical work on semantic and grammatical change in a linguistic area, as well as representing theoretical advances in cognitive semantics. Gricean pragmatics, semantic change, grammaticalization, language contact, and areal linguistics. The book also examines how changes in the speech of individuals actually become ch 410 0$aRoutledgeCurzon Asian linguistics series. 606 $aLanguages in contact$zSoutheast Asia 606 $aGrammar, Comparative and general 606 $aSemantics, Comparative 606 $aPragmatics 607 $aSoutheast Asia$xLanguages 615 0$aLanguages in contact 615 0$aGrammar, Comparative and general. 615 0$aSemantics, Comparative. 615 0$aPragmatics. 676 $a306.44/6/0959 700 $aEnfield$b N. J.$f1966,$01588458 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910800063603321 996 $aLinguistic epidemiology$93878241 997 $aUNINA