A Grammar of Lao
N.J. EnfieldLao is the national language of Laos, and is also spoken widely in Thailand and Cambodia. It is a tone language of the Tai-Kadai family (Southwestern Tai branch). Lao is an extreme example of the isolating, analytic language type. This book is the most comprehensive grammatical description of Lao to date. It describes and analyses the important structures of the language, including classifiers, sentence-final particles, and serial verb constructions. Special attention is paid to grammatical topics from a semantic, pragmatic, and typological perspective.
Year:
2007
Edition:
Reprint 2010
Publisher:
De Gruyter Mouton
Language:
english
Pages:
593
ISBN 10:
3110207532
ISBN 13:
9783110207538
Series:
Mouton Grammar Library [MGL]; 38
File:
PDF, 1.58 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2007