| Description |
1 online resource (428 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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text rdacontent |
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computer rdamedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
| Series |
Pacific linguistics, 1448-8310 ; volume 643 |
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Pacific linguistics ; 643.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-397) and index. |
| Contents |
The people and the setting -- Legends and history -- The linguistic setting -- The Hainan Cham sound system -- Acoustic analyses -- Word classes -- Clause types -- Discourse pragmatics -- Contact summary -- Appendix A: English-Hainan Cham glossary -- Appendix B: the Stubel wordlist -- Appendix C: Sanya Mandarin. |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Cham language -- Dialects -- China -- Hainan Sheng -- History.
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Cham language -- Grammar.
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Cham language -- Phonology.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Thurgood, Ela, author.
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Li, Fengxiang, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Thurgood, Graham. Grammatical sketch of Hainan Cham : history, contact, and phonology. Boston : De Gruyter/Mouton, [2014] xxiv, 404 pages ; 24 cm. Pacific linguistics ; volume 643 9781614517344 (DLC) 201401317 |
| ISBN |
9781614517344 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9781614516040 (electronic bk.) |
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