02776nam a2200469 i 4500 ebr11006135 CaPaEBR m o d cr cn||||||||| 140401t20142014mauab ob 001 0 eng|d 9781614517344 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781614516040 (e-book) CaPaEBR eng rda pn CaPaEBR (OCoLC)890070974 a-cc-ha PL4491.95.H35 T48 2014eb 499/.22 23 Thurgood, Graham, author. A grammatical sketch of Hainan Cham : history, contact, and phonology / Graham Thurgood, Ela Thurgood, Li Fengxiang. Boston ; Berlin : De Gruyter/Mouton, [2014] �2014 1 online resource (428 pages) : illustrations, maps. text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Pacific linguistics, 1448-8310 ; volume 643 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. Description based on print version record. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Cham language Dialects China Hainan Sheng History. Cham language Grammar. Cham language Phonology. Electronic books. Thurgood, Ela, author. Li, Fengxiang, author. Print version: Thurgood, Graham. Grammatical sketch of Hainan Cham : history, contact, and phonology. Boston : De Gruyter/Mouton, [2014] xxiv, 404 pages ; 24 cm. Pacific linguistics ; volume 643 1448-8310 ; 9781614517344 (DLC) 201401317 ebrary. Pacific linguistics ; 643. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=11006135 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 37943 37943