The Languages of East and Southeast Asia : An Introduction by Cliff Goddard (200

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“Appears Never Used. No Writing. No Highlighting. Cover, Spine & Interior Are Clean & Intact.”
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0199248605
ISBN-13
9780199248605
eBay Product ID (ePID)
43741675

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
336 Pages
Publication Name
Languages of East and Southeast Asia : an Introduction
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Subject
Linguistics / General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines
Author
Cliff Goddard
Format
Perfect

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Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
20.7 Oz
Item Length
9.7 in
Item Width
6.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2004-024004
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
The
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
495
Table Of Content
1. A First Look1.1. Introductory Remarks1.2. Lack of Inflection1.3. Word Order (constituent order)1.4. Sounds and Writing of East Asian Languages1.5. Lexical Tone1.6. Classifier Constructions1.7. Serial Verb Constructions1.8. Multiple Pronouns and Other Systems of Address1.9. Honorific Forms1.10. Other Common Features2. Language Families, Linguistics Areas, and Language Situations2.1. What is a Language Family?2.2. The Major Language Families of East Asia2.3. Mainland Southeast Asia as a Linguistic Area2.4. Language Situations in the Countries of East Asia3. Words: Origins, Structures, Meanings3.1. Loans as Indicators of Cultural History3.2. Word Structure: Derivational Morphology3.3. Meaning Differences Between Languages3.4. Cultural Key Words4. Grammatical Topics4.1. Classifier Constructions Revisited4.2. Aspect4.3. Serial Verb Constructions4.4. Subject and Topic4.5. Sentence-final (illocutionary) Particles5. The East Asian Soundscape5.1. Phoneme Systems5.2. Word Shapes: Phonatactics5.3. Tones and Allotones5.4. Shifting Sounds: Morphophonemics5.5. Pitch-Accent in Japanese6. Writing Systems of East Asia6.1. Types of Writing System6.2. Alphabetic Systems6.3. A Logographic System: Chinese6.4. Japanese: A Multi-scriptal System6.5. A Note on Calligraphy7. The Art of Speaking7.1. Word Skills in East Asian Languages7.2. Speech Styles7.3. The Japanese Honorific System7.4. Communicative StylesExercisesSolutions
Synopsis
This book introduces readers to the remarkable linguistic diversity of East and Southeast Asia. It contains wide-ranging and accessible discussions of every important aspect of the languages of the region, including word origins, cultural key words, tones and sounds, language families and typology, key syntactic structures, writing systems, and communicative styles.Students of linguistics will welcome the book's treatments of celebrated East Asian features such as classifiers, serial verb constructions, tones, topic-prominence, and honorifics. It shows students of particular Asian languages how their language fits structurally and culturally into the regional language mosaic. With its exercises, solutions, glossary, and many fascinating cases and insights, the book is an ideal introduction to descriptive and field linguistics. Cliff Goddard writes with great clarity and an eye for interesting examples. His book will appeal to all those with a serious interest in the languages and cultures of the region., This book introduces readers to the remarkable linguistic diversity of East and Southeast Asia. It combines serious but accessible treatments of diverse areas not usually found in a single volume: for example, word origins, cultural key words, tones and sounds, language families and typology, key syntactic structures, writing systems, communicative style. Written with great clarity and an eye for interesting examples, the book is a textbook for students of linguistics, Asian languages, and Asian studies.
LC Classification Number
PL493.G63 2005

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