A history, contact, and phonology Thurgood, Graham creator author. Thurgood, Ela author. Li, Fengxiang author. text bibliography Electronic books. mau 2014 2014 monographic eng 1 online resource (428 pages) : illustrations, maps. "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"-- 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. Graham Thurgood, Ela Thurgood, Li Fengxiang. Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-397) and index. a-cc-ha Cham language Dialects China Hainan Sheng History Cham language Grammar Cham language Phonology PL4491.95.H35 T48 2014eb 499/.22 Thurgood, Graham. Boston : De Gruyter/Mouton, [2014] xxiv, 404 pages ; 24 cm. 1448-8310 ; (DLC) 201401317 9781614516040 (e-book) http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=11006135 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=11006135 CaPaEBR 140401 ebr11006135 eng