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: 983

ISBN-13: 3110558149

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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.

The Mainland Southeast Asia Linguistic Area
The Mainland Southeast Asia Linguistic Area

Author: Alice Vittrant

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2019-06-04

Total Pages: 798

ISBN-13: 3110402130

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This book lies at the crossroads of areal typology, language contact and genetic affiliation. Concerned with mainland Southeast Asia in particular, the various grammatical sketches lay emphasis on characteristics shared by unrelated languages.

The Languages of Mainland Southeast Asia
The Languages of Mainland Southeast Asia

Author: N. J. Enfield

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-04-01

Total Pages: 571

ISBN-13: 1108758401

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Mainland Southeast Asia is one of the most fascinating and complex cultural and linguistic areas in the world. This book provides a rich and comprehensive survey of the history and core systems and subsystems of the languages of this fascinating region. Drawing on his depth of expertise in mainland Southeast Asia, Enfield includes more than a thousand data examples from over a hundred languages from Cambodia, China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam, bringing together a wealth of data and analysis that has not previously been available in one place. Chapters cover the many ways in which these languages both resemble each other, and differ from each other, and the diversity of the area's languages is highlighted, with a special emphasis on minority languages, which outnumber the national languages by nearly a hundred to one. The result is an authoritative treatment of a fascinating and important linguistic area.

Mainland Southeast Asian Languages
Mainland Southeast Asian Languages

Author: N. J. Enfield

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 0521765447

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A concise introduction to the languages of mainland Southeast Asia that provides a new look at this unique area.

South-East Asian Linguistics
South-East Asian Linguistics

Author: J. H. C. S. Davidson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-01-11

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 1135068135

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Published in the year 1990, Understanding Party System Change in Western Europe is a valuable contribution to the field of Politics.

The Mainland Southeast Asia Linguistic Area
The Mainland Southeast Asia Linguistic Area

Author: Alice Vittrant

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2019-06-04

Total Pages: 734

ISBN-13: 3110401983

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This book lies at the crossroads of areal typology, language contact and genetic affiliation. Concerned with mainland Southeast Asia in particular, the various grammatical sketches lay emphasis on characteristics shared by unrelated languages.

Sociohistorical Linguistics in Southeast Asia
Sociohistorical Linguistics in Southeast Asia

Author:

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2017-07-10

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 9004350519

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Sociohistorical Linguistics in Southeast Asia blends insights from sociolinguistics, descriptive linguistics and historical-comparative linguistics to shed new light on regional Tibeto-Burman language varieties and their relationships across spatial, temporal and cultural differences. The approach is inspired by leading Tibeto-Burmanist, David Bradley, to whom the book is dedicated. The volume includes twelve original research essays written by eleven Tibeto-Burmanists drawing on first-hand field research in five countries to explore Tibeto-Burman languages descended from seven internal sub-branches. Following two introductory chapters, each contribution is focused on a specific Tibeto-Burman language or sub-branch, collectively contributing to the literature on language identification, language documentation, typological analysis, historical-comparative classification, linguistic theory, and language endangerment research with new analyses, state-of-the-art summaries and contemporary applications.

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.

The Languages of East and Southeast Asia
The Languages of East and Southeast Asia

Author: Cliff Goddard

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 0199273111

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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.

English in Southeast Asia and ASEAN
English in Southeast Asia and ASEAN

Author: Azirah Hashim

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-11-16

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 1351590286

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English in Southeast Asia and ASEAN embeds English in its various regional Southeast Asian and political ASEAN language habitats. Addressing the history, developmental stages and contacts with other languages, it provides in-depth information on the region and its political organization. In doing so, it analyzes the geo-political division of the region between former Anglophone and non-Anglophone colonies and shows that this distinction has led to considerable differences in the status and texture of English. This analysis includes the role and impact of American English in mainland and maritime Southeast Asia to highlight the linguistic properties of English and its linguistic and sociopolitical development, English used in specific domains, language policies and concludes with the future of English and future challenges. This book therefore provides an integrative survey of the various roles of English in ASEAN member states and studies the transformation of entire language habitats, including the major national and regional languages that participate in this process. It also explains how new societies emerge with their conflicting identities and their aspirations to act regionally or even globally and is a valuable resource for scholars and students in the fields of World Englishes, Asian Studies and those interested in language contact, policy and planning.