Languages of East and Southeast Asia

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Cliff Goddard (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics, Griffith University, Australia)

Languages of East and Southeast Asia

Cliff Goddard (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics, Griffith University, Australia)

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Routledge
01 August 2005

linguistics; Historical & comparative linguistics; Regional studies; Archaeology by period & region; Social & cultural anthropology; Languages & ESL; Language Reference

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.

By: Cliff Goddard (Professor of Linguistics Professor of Linguistics Griffith University Australia)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 172mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 590g
ISBN: 9780199248605
ISBN 10: 0199248605
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 01 August 2005
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Cliff Goddard is Professor of Linguistics at Griffith University, Australia. He was previously Professor of Linguistics, University of New England. His books include The Languages of East and Southeast Asia (OUP 2005). He is co-editor with Anna Wierzbicka of Meaning and Universal Grammar (Benjamins 2002) with whom he is currently working on a book concerned with words and meanings.