The Mainland Southeast Asia Linguistic Area

Description

This book lies at the crossroads of areal typology, language contact and genetic affiliation. Concerned with mainland Southeast Asia in particular, the various grammatical sketches lay emphasis on characteristics shared by unrelated languages. Preface Table of Contents Introduction: Languages of the Mainland Southeast Asia linguistic area – Grammatical Sketches 1 Areal linguistics 2 Establishing the existence of the Mainland Southeast Asian linguistic area 3 Structure of the book References Bangladesh Khumi* Introduction 1 Phonology 2 Morphology 3 Grammar and Syntax 4 Semantics and pragmatics 5 Summary Abbreviations References Appendix 1: Summary of linguistic features Appendix 2: Interlinearized Text Burmese Introduction 1 Phonology 2 Morphology 3 Grammar and Syntax 4 Semantics and pragmatics 5 Summary Abbreviations References Appendix 1: Summary of linguistic features Appendix 2: Text interlinearized Pwo Karen Introduction 1 Phonology 2 Morphology 3 Grammar and syntax 4 Semantics and pragmatics 5 Summary Abbreviations References Appendix 1: Summary of linguistic features Appendix 2: Text interlinearized Southern Min Introduction 1 Phonology 2 Morphology 3 Grammar and Syntax 4 Conclusion and summary Acknowledgements Abbreviations References Appendix 1: Summary of linguistic features Appendix 2: Text interlinearized Yongning Na (Mosuo) Introduction 1 Phonology 2 Morphology 3 Grammar and Syntax 4 Semantics and pragmatics 5 Conclusion Abbreviations References Appendix 1: Summary of linguistic features Appendix 2: Text interlinearized Appendix 3 Mon Introduction 1 Phonology 2 Word structure 3 Syntactic structure 4 Semantics and pragmatics 5 Conclusion Abbreviations References Appendix 1: Summary of linguistic features Appendix 2: Text interlinearized Khmer Introduction 1 Phonology 2 Morphology 3 Grammar and syntax 4 Verbal domain 5 Semantics 6 Summary and conclusions References Appendix 1: Summary of linguistic features Appendix 2: Text interlinearized Vietnamese1 Introduction 1 Phonology 2 Morphology 3 Syntax 4 Semantics and pragmatics Conclusion Abbreviations References Appendix 1: Summary of linguistic features Appendix 2: Text interlinearized Wa (Paraok) Introduction 1 Phonology 2 Morphology 3 Grammar and Syntax 4 Semantics and pragmatics 5 Conclusion/ summary References Appendix 1: Summary of linguistic features Appendix 2: Text interlinearized Malay Introduction 1 Phonology 2 Morphology 3 Grammar and Syntax 4 Semantics and pragmatics 5 Conclusion/ summary Abbreviations References Appendix 1: Summary of linguistic features Appendix 2: Text interlinearized Colloquial Eastern Cham 1 Phonology 2 Morphology 3 Grammar and syntax 4 Semantics and pragmatics 5 Conclusion Acknowledgements Abbreviations References Appendix 1: Summary of linguistic features Appendix 2: Text interlinearized Thai 1 Phonology 2 Word structure 3 Syntactic structure 4 Semantics 5 Conclusion Abbreviations References Appendix 1: Summary of linguistic features Appendix 2: Text interlinearized Hmong (Mong Leng) 1 Phonology 2 Morphology 3 Grammar and Syntax 4 Semantics and Pragmatics 5 Conclusion Abbreviations References Appendix 1: Summary of linguistic features Appendix 2: Text interlinearized Guidelines for the description of Mainland Southeast Asian languages 1 Phonology 2 Morphology 3 Grammar and Syntax 4 Semantics and pragmatics 5 Summary Abbreviations References Maps Language Index