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

• Autore: Haiman John
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (446 p.)
• Disciplina: 495.9/3282421
• Soggetto topico: Khmer language - Grammar
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Cambodian
• ISBN: 1-283-28050-7; 9786613280503; 90-272-8502-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781637403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: London Oriental and African language library ; ; v. 16.