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Linguistic Epidemiology Semantics and Grammar of Language Contact in Mainland Southeast Asia

416 Pages

by Routledge

416 Pages

by Routledge

416 Pages

by Routledge

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This important new study examines in detail a semantic-pragmatic pattern surrounding the basic verb 'acquire' in nearly 30 Southeast Asian languages, concentrating on Lao, Vietnamese, Khmer, Kmhmu, Hmong, and varieties of Chinese. The book makes a significant contribution to empirical work on semantic and grammatical change in a linguistic area, as well as representing theoretical advances in... Read more

Part I: Preliminaries
Part II: Lao
Part III: Other sample languages
Part IV: Conclusion