| A Grammatical Sketch of Hainan Cham Contributor(s): Thurgood, Graham (Author), Thurgood, Ela (Author), Fengxiang, Li (Author) |
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ISBN: 1614517347 ISBN-13: 9781614517344 Publisher: Walter de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $137.74 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Syntax - Foreign Language Study | Miscellaneous - Literary Criticism | Australian & Oceanian |
| Dewey: 499.22 |
| LCCN: 2014013173 |
| Series: Pacific Linguistics [Pl] |
| Physical Information: 1.13" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.84 lbs) 428 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Oceania |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 appendixes also include the wordlist of Sanya Chinese forms and four analyzed texts. |
Contributor Bio(s): Thurgood, Graham: - Graham Thurgood, Ela Thurgood, and Li Fengxiang, California State University, Chico, USA. |