1 Introduction 2 Sound system and script 3 Parts of speech 4 Lexicon 5 Word structure 6 Phrase structure 7 Clause and sentence structure 8 Form and functions of utterances 9 Negation 10 Expression of tense, aspect, and modality 11 Intensifiers and comparison 12 Pragmatics and Language Use
Biography
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.
