The Tai-Kadai Languages
Anthony Diller
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Description for The Tai-Kadai Languages
Paperback. Editor(s): Diller, Anthony; Edmondson, Jerry; Luo, Yongxian. Num Pages: 700 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFF; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1106.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
1105g
Number of Pages
684
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415688475
SKU
V9780415688475
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About Anthony Diller
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 ... Read more
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