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A grammatical sketch of Hainan Cham :

by Thurgood, Graham,
Additional authors: Thurgood, Ela, -- author. | Li, Fengxiang, -- author.
Series: Pacific linguistics, 1448-8310 ; . volume 643 Physical details: 1 online resource (428 pages) : illustrations, maps. ISBN:9781614516040 (e-book).
Subject(s): Cham language -- Dialects -- China -- Hainan Sheng -- History. | Cham language -- Grammar. | Cham language -- Phonology. | Electronic books.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-397) and index.

The people and the setting -- Legends and history -- The linguistic setting -- The Hainan Cham sound system -- Acoustic analyses -- Word classes -- Clause types -- Discourse pragmatics -- Contact summary -- Appendix A: English-Hainan Cham glossary -- Appendix B: the St�ubel wordlist -- Appendix C: Sanya Mandarin.

"This volume is a grammatical sketch of Hainan Cham, an endangered tonal Austronesian language. The study focuses on three areas: social background and contact history, the grammar (including all the recorded vocabulary), and a description of the sound system (including acoustic description). The appendixes also include the wordlist of Sanya Chinese forms and four analyzed texts"-- Provided by publisher.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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