A Grammatical Sketch of Hainan Cham : History, Contact, and Phonology.

This volume is a grammatical sketch of Hainan Cham, an endangered tonal Austronesian language. The study focuses on three areas: social background and contact history, the grammar (including all the recorded vocabulary), and a description of the sound system (including acoustic description). The app...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Thurgood, Graham
Other Authors: Thurgood, Ela, Li, Fengxiang, Dr
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, 2014.
Series:Pacific Linguistics PL.
Subjects:
Cham language > Dialects > China > Hainan Sheng > History.
Cham (Langue) > Dialectes > Chine > Hainan > Histoire.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
Linguistik
Cham-Sprachen
China > Hainan Sheng
Chamic.
Grammar.
Hainan Cham.
Language Contact.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The people and the setting
  • Legends and history
  • The linguistic setting
  • The Hainan Cham sound system
  • Acoustic analyses
  • Word classes
  • Clause types
  • Discourse pragmatics
  • Contact summary
  • Appendix A: English-Hainan Cham glossary
  • Appendix B: the Stübel wordlist
  • Appendix C: Sanya Mandarin.

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