Author : Cliff Goddard
Release : 2005
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 111/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Languages of East and Southeast Asia by : Cliff Goddard
Download or read book The Languages of East and Southeast Asia written by Cliff Goddard. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.