Selected Papers on Comparative Tai StudiesCenter for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan, 1989 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 544 pages The publication of this volume of selected writings of William J. Gedney is a welcome event in Tai linguistics. It marks one of the high points in the varied career of a distinguished teacher, scholar, university administrator, and office holder in professional organizations. There are fourteen papers in this book, ranging in date from 1961 to 1980. Twelve of these discuss comnparative Tai linguistics, one Siamese vocabulary, and one Siamese verse forms. |
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Preface | 1 |
Future Directions In Comparative | 7 |
On the Thai Evidence for AustroTai | 117 |
Copyright | |
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Bangkok Black Tai Cambodian Central chăn chart checked syllables Chinese cinč cited cognates column comparative consonant clusters correspondences dictionary diphthong earlier example Fang-kuei final consonant forms Gedney glottal constriction glottal stop guages Harris's Haudricourt initial consonants kaa2 kàap kay2 khlooŋ klɔɔn languages and dialects Li's linguistic loanwords long vowel Lungming Mak-Sui-Kam modern Siamese Nakhon Phanom Province nasal North Vietnam Northern branch Northern languages Northern Tai languages Nuea Nung occur original voiced initial original voiceless initial parent language perhaps phonetic phonological pič PING PKB's Po-ai Proto-Tai reconstruction Red Tai reflecting an original rhyme rice Saek language scholars semivowel Shan Siamese sound changes Southern Southwestern spoken stanza taač Thai Thailand tonal splits tonal system various voiceless friction vowel length White White Tai words writing system Wu-ming