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The Aesthetics of Grammar : Sound and Meaning in the Languages of Mainland Southeast Asia.

This book provides a detailed comparative overview of an array of elaborate grammatical resources used in Southeast Asian languages.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Williams, Jeffrey P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This book provides a detailed comparative overview of an array of elaborate grammatical resources used in Southeast Asian languages.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (308 pages)
Bibliografía:References3 Aesthetic elements in Temiar grammar; 1 Introduction; 2 Aesthesis and iconicity in language; 3 Social dimensions of linguistic iconicity; 4 Iconic aesthesis in Temiar; 5 Phonaesthetic iconicity; 6 Morphological iconicity; 6.1 Incopyfixation; 6.2 Infixation of-a-; 7 Expressives; References; 4 Decorative morphology in Khmer; 1 Introduction; 2 Decorative morphology in Khmer; 2.1 Decorative affixation; 2.2 Decorative reduplication; 2.3 Iambicity versus symmetry; 3 Analogues to decorative morphology in non-linguistic realms; 3.1 Art; 3.2 Ritual; 3.3 Music; 4 Back to language.
ISBN:9781107496309
1107496306
9781139030489
1139030485
9781461953661
1461953669