The languages of mainland Southeast Asia

著者

• Enfield, N. J.

書誌事項

The languages of mainland Southeast Asia

N.J. Enfield

（Cambridge language surveys）

Cambridge University Press, 2021

• : hardback

注記

Summary: "To understand the nature of human language, we need to know the properties that languages can have, the distribution of those properties in the world, and the reasons for that distribution. This book brings together information relevant to these questions in relation to one geographical area: mainland Southeast Asia (MSEA). In line with the remit of the Cambridge Language Surveys series, we present a technical survey of the languages of this area, with two main points of thematic focus: first, the histories of the languages and their speakers, and second, the structural properties of the languages from sound systems to the make-up of phrases and clauses"-- Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references (p. 396-428) and indexes

収録内容

• Context
• Language histories and classifications
• Typological overview
• Phonological systems
• Word formation
• Reference and nominal syntax
• Predication and clausal syntax

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Mainland Southeast Asia is one of the most fascinating and complex cultural and linguistic areas in the world. This book provides a rich and comprehensive survey of the history and core systems and subsystems of the languages of this fascinating region. Drawing on his depth of expertise in mainland Southeast Asia, Enfield includes more than a thousand data examples from over a hundred languages from Cambodia, China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam, bringing together a wealth of data and analysis that has not previously been available in one place. Chapters cover the many ways in which these languages both resemble each other, and differ from each other, and the diversity of the area's languages is highlighted, with a special emphasis on minority languages, which outnumber the national languages by nearly a hundred to one. The result is an authoritative treatment of a fascinating and important linguistic area.

目次

• List of Figures
• List of Maps
• List of Tables
• Preface
• 1. Context
• 2. Language Histories and Classifications
• 3. Typological Overview
• 4. Phonological systems
• 5. Word formation
• 6. Reference and Nominal Syntax
• 7. Predication and Clausal Syntax
• Postface
• References
• Index.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BC00978925
• ISBN:
  • 9781108476331
• LCCN: 2020027669
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Cambridge
• ページ数/冊数: xxvii, 438 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : PL3501
  • DC23 : 409.59
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Southeast Asia -- Languages
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA00422945