Comparative Kadai: The Tai Branch, Issue 124Jerold A. Edmondson, David B. Solnit This book defines the linguistic range of an immense, interrelated, and varied area extending from eastern India to southern China and includes the southeast Asian peninsula. This area is comprised of many millions of people with histories, languages, and traditions largely unknown to the Westerner. Powerfully interesting economic, political, and social forces are emerging in the countries of this part of the world. Of particular interest from a linguist's point of view are the characteristics of this huge area, what research has been completed, and what further work needs to be done. In the past it has generally been assume that Tai is a part of a grand Sino-Tibetan family, but inevitably questions have arisen: What languages are involved, how diverse are they, and how are the language families interrelated? Those who wish to study these varied Kadai languages have serious research materials available in Comparative Kadai. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Maps | 27 |
The Tonal Cylinder in Sanfang Zhuang | 35 |
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Ahom arthropods Austronesian Bắc Bangkok Benedict Bouyei Cao Bằng Central Chamberlain China Chinese cluster codas cognate correspondences dialects Dioi diphthong Edmondson example fieldnotes final FØ semitones forms fricatives Gedney Gedney's Gelao Giang glottal Guangxi Guizhou Haudricourt Hlai initial consonants Kadai languages Kam-Sui Laha Lakkia LCH XL QG lexical Linguistics locations Longzhou Mangshi Mène Namhkam nasal Northern Nùng occur Paiwanic phonetic phonological Pre-Tho preglottalized Proto-Tai Province Pubiao reconstruction Red Tai reflexes rhymes rice root Saek SaekG Sanfang Shan Siamese Sơn sonorants Southeast Asia southern Zhuang Southwest Southwestern stop Studies syllables Tai languages Tai-Kadai Tày Tay Tac Thai Thailand Thổ tonal tone categories tone sandhi tone split tone value too¹ tuu¹ University vernacular Vietnam village names vocabulary voiced voiceless vowel White Tai words Wuming Wuming Mandarin Wuming Zhuang Yunnan Zhuang language ᎠᏴ
References to this book
The Tai-Kadai Languages Anthony Van Nostrand Diller,Jerold A. Edmondson,Yongxian Luo No preview available - 2008 |