A grammatical sketch of Hainan Cham : history, contact, and phonology / / Graham Thurgood, Ela Thurgood, Li Fengxiang

• Autore: Thurgood Graham
• Pubblicazione: Boston ; ; Berlin : , : De Gruyter/Mouton, , [2014]; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (428 p.)
• Disciplina: 499/.22
• Soggetto topico: Cham language - Dialects - China - Hainan Sheng - History; Cham language - Grammar; Cham language - Phonology
• Soggetto non controllato: Chamic; Grammar; Hainan Cham; Language Contact
• Classificazione: EF 41510
• Persona (resp. second.): ThurgoodEla; LiFengxiang
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-397) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The people and the setting -- Legends and history -- The linguistic setting -- The Hainan Cham sound system -- Acoustic analyses -- Word classes -- Clause types -- Discourse pragmatics -- Contact summary -- Appendix A: English-Hainan Cham glossary -- Appendix B: the Stübel wordlist -- Appendix C: Sanya Mandarin.
• Sommario/riassunto: "This volume is a grammatical sketch of Hainan Cham, an endangered tonal Austronesian language. The study focuses on three areas: social background and contact history, the grammar (including all the recorded vocabulary), and a description of the sound system (including acoustic description). The appendixes also include the wordlist of Sanya Chinese forms and four analyzed texts"--
• Titolo autorizzato: A grammatical sketch of Hainan Cham
• ISBN: 1-61451-877-7; 1-61451-604-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787096003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Pacific linguistics ; ; 643.