William J. Gedney's comparative Tai source book
This volume provides accurate and reliable data from 1,159 common cognates found in 19 dialects from the Tai language family. Originally collected by noted Tai linguist, the late William J. Gedney, the data are organized into the three branches of the Tai language family, the Southwestern, the Central, and the Northern, to facilitate comparisons among the various sound systems within the individual branches and within the Tai language family as a whole. Supplementing the cognates are phonologic…
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- Full title :William J. Gedney's comparative Tai source book / Thomas John Hudak.
Summary
This volume provides accurate and reliable data from 1,159 common cognates found in 19 dialects from the Tai language family. Originally collected by noted Tai linguist, the late William J. Gedney, the data are organized into the three branches of the Tai language family, the Southwestern, the Central, and the Northern, to facilitate comparisons among the various sound systems within the individual branches and within the Tai language family as a whole. Supplementing the cognates are phonological descriptions of each of the dialects. Included among the nineteen dialects are Siamese, White Tai, Black Tai, Shan, Lue, Yay, Saek, and dialects found at Leiping, Lungming, Pingsiang, and Ningming in China. The meticulous attention paid to consonants, vowels, and tones found in each cognate will allow for further dialect studies, for the investigation of questions concerning the tripartite division of the Tai language family, and for the continuing investigation into the reconstruction of the Proto-Tai language family and its wider genetic relationships.
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- Publication Date:©2008.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University of Hawai'i Press
- Place of Publication:Honolulu
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2008.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (ix, 219 pages) : : map
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781435666740, 1435666747, 0824865618, 9780824865610
- oclc:ocn257564941
- LC Classification:PL4113
- Dewey Decimal:495.9/1
Table of Contents
ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. Southwestern Tai dialects. Siamese (Standard Thai) ; White Tai (Tai Khaw) ; Black Tai (Tai Dam) ; Shan ; The Tai dialect of Nong Khai ; Lue ; The Tai dialect of Chiengmai -- ch. 3. Central Tai dialects. The Tai dialect of Lei Ping ; The Tai dialect of Lungming ; The Tai dialect of Western Nung ; The Tai dialect of Bac Va ; The Tai dialect of Lungchow ; The Tai dialect of Ping Siang ; The Tai dialect of Ning Ming -- ch. 4. Northern Tai dialects. Yay ; Saek ; The Tai dialect of Wuming ; The Tai dialect of Po-ai -- ch. 5. Cognates. Southwestern, Central, and Northern Tai cognates.
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