| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 567 pages) : illustrations. |
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Mouton grammar library, 0933-7636 ; 38 |
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Mouton grammar library ; 38.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 541-561) and index. |
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Print version record. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Overview -- Chapter 2. Language background -- Chapter 3. Phonology -- Chapter 4. Sentence-final and phrase-final particles -- Chapter 5. Pronouns -- Chapter 6. Nominal modification -- Chapter 7. Nominal classification -- Chapter 8. Reference management -- Chapter 9. Aspectual-modal marking -- Chapter 10. Verbs and verb types -- Chapter 11. Basic clausal syntax -- Chapter 12. Expressive forms -- Chapter 13. Non-canonical transitive events -- Chapter 14. Preliminary remarks on multi-verb constructions -- Chapter 15. Three-participant events -- Chapter 16. Spatial predication -- Chapter 17. Secondary predication -- Chapter 18. Causation -- Chapter 19. Complementation -- Chapter 20. Coordinating constructions -- Chapter 21. Adverbial constructions -- Chapter 22. Summary remark on multi-verb constructions -- Chapter 23. Texts -- Backmatter. |
| Summary |
Lao is the national language of Laos, and is also spoken widely in Thailand and Cambodia. It is a tone language of the Tai-Kadai family (Southwestern Tai branch). Lao is an extreme example of the isolating, analytic language type. This book is the most co. |
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Lao language -- Grammar.
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Tai languages -- Dialects -- Phonetics.
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Tai languages -- Variation -- Laos.
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Tai languages -- Variation -- Thailand.
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Tai languages -- Variation -- Cambodia.
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Tai languages -- Grammar, Comparative.
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Structural linguistics.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Southeast Asian Languages.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Enfield, N.J., 1966- Grammar of Lao. Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2007 9783110185881 3110185881 (DLC) 2007035644 (OCoLC)167514931 |
| ISBN |
9783110207538 (electronic bk.) |
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3110207532 (electronic bk.) |
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