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Dialectology as dialectic : interpreting Phula variation /

Undertaking a broadscale experiment in theory and praxis, this book demonstrates grounds for insisting on a more integrational approach to dialectology while simultaneously demonstrating grounds for defining the hidden Phula languages of the Sino-Vietnam borderlands. The modern languages and their a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pelkey, Jamin R., 1974-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter Mouton, ©2011.
Colección:Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 229.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of maps; List of tables; List of figures; General abbreviations; Data source abbreviations; 1. Introduction: Synchronic Phula in diachronic perspective; 2. Research background: Field methods, theory, and dialectology; 3. Synchronic language definitions: Identity, intelligibility, contact; 4. Ethnolinguistic vitality: Contact, endangerment and shift; 5. Phula phonologies: Five representative sketches; 6. The language clades of Phula Proper: Establishing historical subgroupings.
  • 7. Phula and Southeastern Ngwi: Sani, Axi, Azhe, Azha, Nisu, and Phula Proper8. Conclusion: Diachronic Phula in synchronic perspective; Appendix A: Sociolinguistic questionnaires; Appendix B: Lexical elicitation datasheet sample; Appendix C: Similarity and distance matrices; Appendix D: Sample RTT translations; Notes; References; Index.