Languages of East and Southeast Asia: An Introduction

Cliff Goddard

ISBN 10: 0199248605 / ISBN 13: 9780199248605

Published by OUP Oxford November 2005, 2005

About this Item

used trade paperback edition. lightly shelfworn, corners perhaps slightly bumped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Languages of East and Southeast Asia: An Introduction
• Publisher: OUP Oxford November 2005
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199248605
• ISBN 13: 9780199248605
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: VG
• Seller catalogs:
  • linguistics

About this title

Synopsis

This book introduces readers to the remarkable linguistic diversity of East and Southeast Asia. It combines serious but accessible treatments of diverse areas not usually found in a single volume: for example, word origins, cultural key words, tones and sounds, language families and typology, key syntactic structures, writing systems, communicative style. Written with great clarity and an eye for interesting examples, the book is a textbook for students of linguistics, Asian languages, and Asian studies.

About the Author

Cliff Goddard is Professor of Linguistics at Griffith University, Australia. He was previously Professor of Linguistics, University of New England. His books include The Languages of East and Southeast Asia (OUP 2005). He is co-editor with Anna Wierzbicka of Meaning and Universal Grammar (Benjamins 2002) with whom he is currently working on a book concerned with words and meanings.