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020 _a9781139030489 (ebook)
020 _z9781107007123 (hardback)
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050 4 _aPL493
_b.A37 2014
082 0 4 _a495
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245 0 4 _aThe aesthetics of grammar :
_bsound and meaning in the languages of mainland Southeast Asia /
_cedited by Jeffrey P. Williams.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2014.
300 _a1 online resource (xv, 290 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aThe languages of mainland Southeast Asia evidence an impressive array of elaborate grammatical resources, such as echo words, phonaesthetic words, chameleon affixes, chiming derivatives, onomatopoeic forms, ideophones and expressives. Speakers of these languages fashion grammatical works of art in order to express and convey emotions, senses, conditions and perceptions that enrich discourse. This book provides a detailed comparative overview of the mechanisms by which aesthetic qualities of speech operate as part of speakers' grammatical knowledge. Each chapter focuses on a different language and explores the grammatical information of a number of well- and lesser-known languages from mainland Southeast Asia. It will be of great interest to syntacticians, morphologists, linguistic anthropologists, language typologists, cognitive scientists interested in language, and instructors of Southeast Asian languages.
651 0 _aSoutheast Asia
_xLanguages
_xGrammar, Comparative.
651 0 _aSoutheast Asia
_xLanguages
_xPhonology, Comparative.
651 0 _aSoutheast Asia
_xLanguages
_xTone.
700 1 _aWilliams, Jeffrey P.
_q(Jeffrey Payne),
_d1958-
_eeditor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781107007123
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139030489
999 _c121280
_d121280