Selected Papers on Comparative Tai StudiesCenter for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan, 1989 - Foreign Language Study - 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 |
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Bangkok Black Tai Cambodian chăn chart checked syllables Chinese cin¹ 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 maak Mak-Sui-Kam 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 pi¹ PING PKB's Po-ai Proto-Tai reconstruction Red Tai reflecting an original rhyme rice Saek Saek language scholars semivowel Shan Siamese sound changes Southern Southwestern spoken stanza taa¹ Thai Thailand tonal splits tonal system various voiceless friction vowel length White White Tai words Wu-ming xaw3