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 | 810 |
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.
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 |
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A study of the tai language family and dialects, inlcuding grammar notes, glossaries, texts, and translations
William J. Gedney's the Saek Language
Title | William J. Gedney's the Saek Language PDF eBook |
Author | William J. Gedney |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1052 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Asia, Southeastern |
ISBN |
The Languages and Linguistics of Mainland Southeast Asia
Title | The Languages and Linguistics of Mainland Southeast Asia PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Sidwell |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | 983 |
Release | 2021-08-23 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 3110558149 |
The handbook will offer a survey of the field of linguistics in the early 21st century for the Southeast Asian Linguistic Area. The last half century has seen a great increase in work on language contact, work in genetic, theoretical, and descriptive linguistics, and since the 1990s especially documentation of endangered languages. The book will provide an account of work in these areas, focusing on the achievements of SEAsian linguistics, as well as the challenges and unresolved issues, and provide a survey of the relevant major publications and other available resources. We will address: Survey of the languages of the area, organized along genetic lines, with discussion of relevant political and cultural background issues Theoretical/descriptive and typological issues Genetic classification and historical linguistics Areal and contact linguistics Other areas of interest such as sociolinguistics, semantics, writing systems, etc. Resources (major monographs and monograph series, dictionaries, journals, electronic data bases, etc.) Grammar sketches of languages representative of the genetic and structural diversity of the region.
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 | 233 |
Release | 2007-12-03 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 0824865618 |
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 Thai and Indic Literary Studies
Title | William J. Gedney's Thai and Indic Literary Studies PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas J. Hudak |
Publisher | U of M Center for South East Asian Studi |
Total Pages | 182 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN |
Gedney discusses Thai Riddles, problems in translating Thai poetry, and historical development and Sanskrit influences in Thai verse forms