A Grammar of Lao / Edition 1

by N.J. Enfield

Overview

Lao is the national language of Laos, and is also spoken widely in Thailand and Cambodia. It is a tone language of the Tai-Kadai family (Southwestern Tai branch). Lao is an extreme example of the isolating, analytic language type. This book is the most comprehensive grammatical description of Lao to date. It describes and analyses the important structures of the language, including classifiers, sentence-final particles, and serial verb constructions. Special attention is paid to grammatical topics from a semantic, pragmatic, and typological perspective.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110185881
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	11/20/2007
Series:	Mouton Grammar Library [MGL] , #38
Edition description:	Reprint 2010
Pages:	593
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.06(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

N. J. Enfield, Max-Planck-Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.