William J. Gedney's The Tai Dialect of Lungming

William J. Gedney's The Tai Dialect of Lungming

Author: William J. Gedney

Publisher: U of M Center for South East Asian Studi

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 1240

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Represents one of the most complete examinations yet undertaken of a dialect belonging to the Central Branch of the Tai language family


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Download or read book William J. Gedney's The Tai Dialect of Lungming written by William J. Gedney and published by U of M Center for South East Asian Studi. This book was released on 1991 with total page 1240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Represents one of the most complete examinations yet undertaken of a dialect belonging to the Central Branch of the Tai language family


William J. Gedney’s Comparative Tai Source Book

William J. Gedney’s Comparative Tai Source Book

Author: Thomas John Hudak

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Published: 2007-12-03

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 082483190X

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This volume provides accurate and reliable data from 1,159 common cognates found in 19 dialects from the Tai language family. Originally collected by noted Tai linguist, the late William J. Gedney, the data are organized into the three branches of the Tai language family, the Southwestern, the Central, and the Northern, to facilitate comparisons among the various sound systems within the individual branches and within the Tai language family as a whole. Supplementing the cognates are phonological descriptions of each of the dialects. Included among the nineteen dialects are Siamese, White Tai, Black Tai, Shan, Lue, Yay, Saek, and dialects found at Leiping, Lungming, Pingsiang, and Ningming in China. The meticulous attention paid to consonants, vowels, and tones found in each cognate will allow for further dialect studies, for the investigation of questions concerning the tripartite division of the Tai language family, and for the continuing investigation into the reconstruction of the Proto-Tai language family and its wider genetic relationships.


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Download or read book William J. Gedney’s Comparative Tai Source Book written by Thomas John Hudak and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2007-12-03 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides accurate and reliable data from 1,159 common cognates found in 19 dialects from the Tai language family. Originally collected by noted Tai linguist, the late William J. Gedney, the data are organized into the three branches of the Tai language family, the Southwestern, the Central, and the Northern, to facilitate comparisons among the various sound systems within the individual branches and within the Tai language family as a whole. Supplementing the cognates are phonological descriptions of each of the dialects. Included among the nineteen dialects are Siamese, White Tai, Black Tai, Shan, Lue, Yay, Saek, and dialects found at Leiping, Lungming, Pingsiang, and Ningming in China. The meticulous attention paid to consonants, vowels, and tones found in each cognate will allow for further dialect studies, for the investigation of questions concerning the tripartite division of the Tai language family, and for the continuing investigation into the reconstruction of the Proto-Tai language family and its wider genetic relationships.


William J. Gedney's Central Tai Dialects

William J. Gedney's Central Tai Dialects

Author: William J. Gedney

Publisher: U of M Center for South East Asian Studi

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 1000

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A monograph of Central Tai dialects that offers extensive glossaries, texts, and translations with additional notes


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Download or read book William J. Gedney's Central Tai Dialects written by William J. Gedney and published by U of M Center for South East Asian Studi. This book was released on 1995 with total page 1000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A monograph of Central Tai dialects that offers extensive glossaries, texts, and translations with additional notes


William J. Gedney's Tai Dialect Studies

William J. Gedney's Tai Dialect Studies

Author: William J. Gedney

Publisher: U of M Center for South East Asian Studi

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 1368

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A study of the tai language family and dialects, inlcuding grammar notes, glossaries, texts, and translations


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Download or read book William J. Gedney's Tai Dialect Studies written by William J. Gedney and published by U of M Center for South East Asian Studi. This book was released on 1997 with total page 1368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the tai language family and dialects, inlcuding grammar notes, glossaries, texts, and translations


The Languages and Linguistics of Mainland Southeast Asia

The Languages and Linguistics of Mainland Southeast Asia

Author: Paul Sidwell

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2021-08-23

Total Pages: 1261

ISBN-13: 311055612X

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The handbook will offer a survey of the field of linguistics in the early 21st century for the Southeast Asian Linguistic Area. The last half century has seen a great increase in work on language contact, work in genetic, theoretical, and descriptive linguistics, and since the 1990s especially documentation of endangered languages. The book will provide an account of work in these areas, focusing on the achievements of SEAsian linguistics, as well as the challenges and unresolved issues, and provide a survey of the relevant major publications and other available resources. We will address: Survey of the languages of the area, organized along genetic lines, with discussion of relevant political and cultural background issues Theoretical/descriptive and typological issues Genetic classification and historical linguistics Areal and contact linguistics Other areas of interest such as sociolinguistics, semantics, writing systems, etc. Resources (major monographs and monograph series, dictionaries, journals, electronic data bases, etc.) Grammar sketches of languages representative of the genetic and structural diversity of the region.


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Download or read book The Languages and Linguistics of Mainland Southeast Asia written by Paul Sidwell and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-08-23 with total page 1261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The handbook will offer a survey of the field of linguistics in the early 21st century for the Southeast Asian Linguistic Area. The last half century has seen a great increase in work on language contact, work in genetic, theoretical, and descriptive linguistics, and since the 1990s especially documentation of endangered languages. The book will provide an account of work in these areas, focusing on the achievements of SEAsian linguistics, as well as the challenges and unresolved issues, and provide a survey of the relevant major publications and other available resources. We will address: Survey of the languages of the area, organized along genetic lines, with discussion of relevant political and cultural background issues Theoretical/descriptive and typological issues Genetic classification and historical linguistics Areal and contact linguistics Other areas of interest such as sociolinguistics, semantics, writing systems, etc. Resources (major monographs and monograph series, dictionaries, journals, electronic data bases, etc.) Grammar sketches of languages representative of the genetic and structural diversity of the region.


The Tai-Kadai Languages

The Tai-Kadai Languages

Author: Anthony Diller

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-11-30

Total Pages: 637

ISBN-13: 1135791155

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The Routledge Language Family Series is aimed at undergraduates and postgraduates of linguistics and language, or those with an interest in historical linguistics, linguistics anthropology and language development. With close to 100 million speakers, Tai-Kadai constitutes one of the world's major language families. The Tai-Kadai Languages provides a unique, comprehensive, single-volume tome covering much needed grammatical descriptions in the area. It presents an important overview of Thai that includes extensive cross-referencing to other sections of the volume and sign-posting to sources in the bibliography. The volume also includes much new material on Lao and other Tai-Kadai languages, several of which are described here for the first time. Much-needed and highly useful, The Tai-Kadai Languages is a key work for professionals and students in linguistics, as well as anthropologists and area studies specialists. ANTHONY V. N. DILLER is Foundation Director of the National Thai Studies Centre, at the Australian National University. JEROLD A. EDMONDSON is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Texas Arlington and a member of the Academy of Distinguished Scholars. YONGXIAN LUO is Senior Lecturer in the Asia Institute at the University of Melbourne and a member of the Australian Linguistic Society.


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Download or read book The Tai-Kadai Languages written by Anthony Diller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-11-30 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Language Family Series is aimed at undergraduates and postgraduates of linguistics and language, or those with an interest in historical linguistics, linguistics anthropology and language development. With close to 100 million speakers, Tai-Kadai constitutes one of the world's major language families. The Tai-Kadai Languages provides a unique, comprehensive, single-volume tome covering much needed grammatical descriptions in the area. It presents an important overview of Thai that includes extensive cross-referencing to other sections of the volume and sign-posting to sources in the bibliography. The volume also includes much new material on Lao and other Tai-Kadai languages, several of which are described here for the first time. Much-needed and highly useful, The Tai-Kadai Languages is a key work for professionals and students in linguistics, as well as anthropologists and area studies specialists. ANTHONY V. N. DILLER is Foundation Director of the National Thai Studies Centre, at the Australian National University. JEROLD A. EDMONDSON is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Texas Arlington and a member of the Academy of Distinguished Scholars. YONGXIAN LUO is Senior Lecturer in the Asia Institute at the University of Melbourne and a member of the Australian Linguistic Society.


William J. Gedney's Central Tai Dialects

William J. Gedney's Central Tai Dialects

Author: William J. Gedney

Publisher: U of M Center for South East Asian Studi

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 1000

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A monograph of Central Tai dialects that offers extensive glossaries, texts, and translations with additional notes


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Download or read book William J. Gedney's Central Tai Dialects written by William J. Gedney and published by U of M Center for South East Asian Studi. This book was released on 1995 with total page 1000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A monograph of Central Tai dialects that offers extensive glossaries, texts, and translations with additional notes


Cantonese GIVE and Double-Object Construction

Cantonese GIVE and Double-Object Construction

Author: Andy Chi-on Chin

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Published: 2022-06-15

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 9027257809

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GIVE is a versatile morpheme in many languages. While there have been extensive studies on the interplay between the syntax and semantics of GIVE in many languages, not much has been done in a similar manner on Cantonese, a member of the Yue dialect group of the Chinese language family. This monograph reports on the study of GIVE and its associated functions and syntactic constructions in Cantonese from diachronic, synchronic, and typological perspectives. Drawing on cross-linguistic data, and 19th century Cantonese dialect materials, this study first traces the chronological development of the various functions played by GIVE in Cantonese. It then examines the double-object construction. Besides the typological features of this construction in Cantonese, this study investigates the use of the northern pattern in Cantonese as a result of the increasing influence of Putonghua and Modern Standard Chinese by means of a sociolinguistic survey with 40 native speakers of Cantonese.


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Download or read book Cantonese GIVE and Double-Object Construction written by Andy Chi-on Chin and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2022-06-15 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GIVE is a versatile morpheme in many languages. While there have been extensive studies on the interplay between the syntax and semantics of GIVE in many languages, not much has been done in a similar manner on Cantonese, a member of the Yue dialect group of the Chinese language family. This monograph reports on the study of GIVE and its associated functions and syntactic constructions in Cantonese from diachronic, synchronic, and typological perspectives. Drawing on cross-linguistic data, and 19th century Cantonese dialect materials, this study first traces the chronological development of the various functions played by GIVE in Cantonese. It then examines the double-object construction. Besides the typological features of this construction in Cantonese, this study investigates the use of the northern pattern in Cantonese as a result of the increasing influence of Putonghua and Modern Standard Chinese by means of a sociolinguistic survey with 40 native speakers of Cantonese.


William J. Gedney's Thai and Indic Literary Studies

William J. Gedney's Thai and Indic Literary Studies

Author: Thomas J. Hudak

Publisher: U of M Center for South East Asian Studi

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 182

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Gedney discusses Thai Riddles, problems in translating Thai poetry, and historical development and Sanskrit influences in Thai verse forms


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Download or read book William J. Gedney's Thai and Indic Literary Studies written by Thomas J. Hudak and published by U of M Center for South East Asian Studi. This book was released on 1997 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gedney discusses Thai Riddles, problems in translating Thai poetry, and historical development and Sanskrit influences in Thai verse forms


William J. Gedney's Southwestern Tai Dialects

William J. Gedney's Southwestern Tai Dialects

Author: William J. Gedney

Publisher: U of M Center for South East Asian Studi

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 1144

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A thorough examination of Southwestern Tai Dialects, including an extensive glossary as well as texts and translations


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Download or read book William J. Gedney's Southwestern Tai Dialects written by William J. Gedney and published by U of M Center for South East Asian Studi. This book was released on 1994 with total page 1144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thorough examination of Southwestern Tai Dialects, including an extensive glossary as well as texts and translations