William J. Gedney's Southwestern Tai Dialects
Title | William J. Gedney's Southwestern Tai Dialects PDF eBook |
Author | William J. Gedney |
Publisher | U of M Center for South East Asian Studi |
Total Pages | 1146 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN |
A thorough examination of Southwestern Tai Dialects, including an extensive glossary as well as texts and translations
William J. Gedney’s Comparative Tai Source Book
Title | William J. Gedney’s Comparative Tai Source Book PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas John Hudak |
Publisher | University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | 234 |
Release | 2007-12-03 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 082483190X |
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.
William J. Gedney's Tai Dialect Studies
Title | William J. Gedney's Tai Dialect Studies PDF eBook |
Author | William J. Gedney |
Publisher | U of M Center for South East Asian Studi |
Total Pages | 1368 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN |
A study of the tai language family and dialects, inlcuding grammar notes, glossaries, texts, and translations
William J. Gedney's Central Tai Dialects
Title | William J. Gedney's Central Tai Dialects PDF eBook |
Author | William J. Gedney |
Publisher | U of M Center for South East Asian Studi |
Total Pages | 1000 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN |
A monograph of Central Tai dialects that offers extensive glossaries, texts, and translations with additional notes
William J. Gedney's The Tai Dialect of Lungming
Title | William J. Gedney's The Tai Dialect of Lungming PDF eBook |
Author | William J. Gedney |
Publisher | U of M Center for South East Asian Studi |
Total Pages | 1240 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN |
Represents one of the most complete examinations yet undertaken of a dialect belonging to the Central Branch of the Tai language family
William J. Gedney's Southwestern Tai Dialects
Title | William J. Gedney's Southwestern Tai Dialects PDF eBook |
Author | William J. Gedney |
Publisher | U of M Center for South East Asian Studi |
Total Pages | 1144 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN |
A thorough examination of Southwestern Tai Dialects, including an extensive glossary as well as texts and translations
William J. Gedney's the Yay Language
Title | William J. Gedney's the Yay Language PDF eBook |
Author | William J. Gedney |
Publisher | U of M Center for South East Asian Studi |
Total Pages | 812 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN |
Gedney's work on Yay, published in this volume, consists of a lengthy glossary and a collection of folktales and traditional songs.