The Languages of Mainland Southeast Asia

N. J. Enfield

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N. J. Enfield, University of Sydney

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date: March 2021
Print publication year: 2021
Online ISBN: 9781108605618
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108605618

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Mainland Southeast Asia is one of the most fascinating and complex cultural and linguistic areas in the world. This book provides a rich and comprehensive survey of the history and core systems and subsystems of the languages of this fascinating region. Drawing on his depth of expertise in mainland Southeast Asia, Enfield includes more than a thousand data examples from over a hundred languages from Cambodia, China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam, bringing together a wealth of data and analysis that has not previously been available in one place. Chapters cover the many ways in which these languages both resemble each other, and differ from each other, and the diversity of the area's languages is highlighted, with a special emphasis on minority languages, which outnumber the national languages by nearly a hundred to one. The result is an authoritative treatment of a fascinating and important linguistic area.

'This is a must-read for linguists working on the languages of Southeast Asia, and anyone interested in an insightful and instructive overview of this important linguistic area.'

Robert Dixon - James Cook University, Australia

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The Languages of Mainland Southeast Asia
pp i-i

Cambridge Language Surveys - Series page
pp ii-ii

THE LANGUAGES OF MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA - Title page
pp iii-iii

Copyright page
pp iv-iv

Contents
pp v-viii

Figures
pp ix-x

Maps
pp xi-xi

Tables
pp xii-xviii

Preface
pp xix-xx

Acknowledgements
pp xxi-xxi

Note on the nature and organization of the book
pp xxii-xxiii

Abbreviations
pp xxiv-xxviii

1 - Context
pp 1-37

2 - Language Histories and Classifications
pp 38-117

3 - Typological Overview
pp 118-153

4 - Phonological Systems
pp 154-208

5 - Word Formation
pp 209-256

6 - Reference and Nominal Syntax
pp 257-325

7 - Predication and Clausal Syntax
pp 326-392

Postface
pp 393-395

References
pp 396-428

Author Index
pp 429-430

Language Index
pp 431-434

Subject Index
pp 435-438

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