Burmese: A Comprehensive Grammar (Routledge Comprehensive Grammars)

Jenny, Mathias, Hnin Tun, San San

ISBN 10: 0415735688 / ISBN 13: 9780415735681

Published by Routledge, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Burmese: A Comprehensive Grammar (Routledge Comprehensive Grammars)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415735688
• ISBN 13: 9780415735681
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

Burmese: A Comprehensive Grammar is a complete reference guide to modern Burmese grammar. It presents a fresh and thorough description of the language, concentrating on the real patterns of use in modern Burmese.

The volume is organized to promote a thorough understanding of Burmese grammar. It offers a stimulating analysis of the complexities of the language, with clear explanations. Throughout, the emphasis is on Burmese as used by present-day native speakers.

Features include:

• detailed treatment of the common grammatical structures and parts of speech
• particular attention to areas of confusion and difficulty
• all examples given in Burmese script, IPA phonetic transcription, and English
• glossary of linguistic terminology

The Grammar is the ideal reference source for intermediate to advanced learners and users of Burmese and will remain the standard reference work for years to come.

About the Author

Mathias Jenny is Senior Lecturer/Researcher in the Department of Comparative Linguistics at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, with a research focus on the languages of Southeast Asia. He teaches General Linguistics and beginners’ Burmese.

San San Hnin Tun is Maître de Conférences at Inalco/Lacito-CNRS. She teaches Burmese and researches the Burmese language, in particular on discourse structure and functions of spoken contemporary Burmese using a corpus linguistic approach. She is the author of the recent Routledge publication Colloquial Burmese.