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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

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504 |a 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. 
505 0 |a Cover -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Maps -- Contributors -- Abbreviations and conventions -- 1 Introduction -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Defining the aesthetic in grammar -- Treatments of the aesthetic component of grammar -- 3 Organization of the volume -- References -- Part I Austroasiatic -- 2 Expressives in Austroasiatic -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Bahnaric -- 2.1 Bahnar -- 2.2 Tampuon -- 2.3 Sre -- 3 Katuic -- 3.1 Pacoh -- 3.2 Ngeq -- 3.3 So -- 4 Munda -- 4.1 Mundari -- 4.2 Ho -- 4.3 Sora -- 4.4 Remo -- 5 Khasian -- 5.1 Standard Khasi -- 5.2 Amwi -- 6 Palaungic -- 7 Khmuic -- 7.1 Mlabri -- 7.2 Khmu'/ Kammu -- 8 Aslian -- 8.1 Semai -- 8.2 Temiar -- 9 Conclusion -- References -- 3 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 -- 4.1 Prosaic versus decorative language -- 4.2 Decorative language and grammaticalization -- References -- 5 Why is sound symbolism so common in Vietnamese? -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Types of sound symbolism -- 1.2 Where does sound symbolism come from? -- 1.3 Previous studies of sound symbolism in Vietnamese -- 2 The typology of sound symbolism in Vietnamese -- 2.1 Reduplication -- 2.2 Ideophones and non-ideophonic onomatopeia -- 2.3 Phonaesthemes -- 3 Reasons explaining the high prevalence of sound symbolism in Vietnamese -- 4 Conclusion -- References. 
505 8 |a 6 Grammatical aesthetics in Wa -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Wa and Wa speakers -- 3 Vowel alternations in Wa -- 4 Extending monosyllables -- 5 Compounding in Wa: general principles -- 5.1 Compounds with an aesthetic component: X + X* chime -- 6 Trisyllabic XYY patterns -- 7 Four-syllable patterns -- 7.1 pa X pa X* extensions -- 7.2 AXAY forms -- 8 ABBC rhyme patterns -- 9 Proverbs with an internal ABBC-type rhyme pattern -- 10 Conclusion -- References -- 7 Beautifying techniques in Kammu vocal genres -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The trnə̀əm sung poems -- 3 Tales -- 4 Children's songs -- 5 Prayers -- 6 Indirect speech -- 7 Sayings, proverbs, and terms of address -- 8 Magic formulas -- 9 Vocal genres and beautifying techniques -- 10 Conclusion -- Mixed techniques in a song -- References -- Part II Tai-Kadai -- 8 Proverbs, proverbial elaboration, and poetic development in the Tai languages -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The text as a whole -- 3 The internal structure of the text -- 3.1 Appropriate actions in appropriate places (lines /1-30/) -- 3.2 How to maintain proper decorum (lines /31-40/) -- 3.3 How to avoid inappropriate actions (lines /41-49/) -- 3.4 How to benefit in given situations (/lines 50-59/) -- 3.5 Dangers to the village or individual (lines /60-71/) -- 4 Parallelism within syntactic strings -- 5 Siamese proverbs -- 6 Conclusion -- 7 Appendix: Red Tai text -- References -- 9 Lexicalized poetry in Sui -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Poetry, lexicon, and discourse -- 2.1 A false dichotomy -- 2.2 Lexicalized poetry in Sui -- 3 Morphophonology of Sui adjective intensifiers -- 3.1 Language background -- 3.2 A question of terminology -- 3.3 Description of Sui adjective intensifiers -- 4 Comparison of intensifiers across four different clan dialects -- 4.1 The Lu clan -- 4.2 The Wei clan -- 4.3 The Pan clan -- 4.4 The Yang clan. 
505 8 |a 4.5 Intensifiers shared across all four clans -- 5 Conclusions -- 5.1 Summary of the cross-dialectal study -- 5.2 New intensifiers for the future? -- 5.3 Final thoughts -- References -- 10 Attitudes towards aesthetic aspects of Thai grammar -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Reduplicative compounds and elaborative expressions -- 3 Repetitive and elaborative patterns in language: developmental aspects -- 4 Repetitive and elaborative patterns in the language of daily life -- 5 Present use of repetitive or elaborative patterns as stand-alone titles -- 5.1 Television programmes -- 5.2 Books -- 6 Questionnaire survey results -- 7 Conventionalization and lexicalization -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- Part III Hmong-Mien -- 11 White Hmong reduplicative expressives -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Expressive reduplication vs. regular reduplication in Hmong -- 3 Iconicity of template choice -- 4 Iconicity of tone choice -- 5 Iconicity of consonant choice -- 6 Iconicity of vowel choice -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Part IV Austronesian -- 12 The aesthetics of Jarai echo morphology -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The linguistic position of Jarai -- 3 Jarai phonology, prosodics, and phonotactics -- 3.1 Jarai phonetics and phonology -- 3.2 Jarai orthography -- 3.3 Register -- 3.4 Syllables -- 4 Jarai morphosyntax -- 4.1 Reduplication -- 5 Aesthetic processes in Jarai grammar -- 5.1 Echo word morphology -- 5.2 Types of echo formation in Jarai -- 5.3 Two-syllable expressions -- 5.4 Fossilized aesthetic compounds -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- 13 Expressive forms in Bih: a Highland Chamic language of Vietnam -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The phonology of Bih -- 3 Bih reduplication -- 3.1 Complete reduplication -- 3.2 Partial reduplication -- 4 The semantics of Bih expressives -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Part V Tibeto-Burman -- 14 Aesthetic aspects of Khumi grammar -- 1 Introduction. 
505 8 |a 2 Verbal classifiers -- 3 Elaborate expressions -- 4 Mimetic elements -- 5 Discourse-level parallelism -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- 15 Delight in sound: Burmese patterns of euphony -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Terminology -- 3 A poetic sample -- 4 Three-syllable expressives -- 4.1 tə + YY -- 4.2 Fully stressed types (Cx + txtx, XYY) -- 4.3 Colour expressives -- 5 Sudden movement -- 6 Elaborate expressions -- 7 A prose excerpt -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- 16 Psycho-collocational expressives in Burmese -- 1 Introduction -- 2 About expressives or how to express emotional phenomena -- 2.1 What is an expressive? -- 2.2 Expressives and body-part terms -- 2.3 Expressives in Asia: elaborate expressions and psycho-collocations -- 3 About psycho-collocations -- 3.1 Defining psycho-collocation -- 3.2 Psycho-collocation in Asian languages -- 4 Psycho-collocations in Burmese -- 4.1 The organs and body-part terms in expressive constructions -- 4.2 Origin of the most productive body-part terms in Burmese psycho-collocations -- 4.3 Structure and properties of Burmese psycho-collocations -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 17 Grammatical aesthetics of ritual texts in Akha -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background to Akha -- 3 Akha texts -- 4 Features and analyses of Akha ritual texts -- 4.1 Metrical structure and constituent order -- 4.2 Vocabulary differences -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Index. 
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