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Boston ; Berlin : De Gruyter/Mouton, [2014]

1 online resource (428 pages) : illustrations, maps

ISBN 9781614516040 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9781614517344 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Pacific linguistics, ISSN 1448-8310 ; volume 643

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 ISBN 9781614517344

Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-397) and index

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.

"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..

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(OCoLC)890070974