It presents an important overview of Thai that includes extensive cross-referencing to other sections of the volume and sign-posting to sources in the bibliography. The volume also includes much new material on Lao and other Tai-Kadai languages, several of which are described here for the first time.
Much-needed and highly useful, The Tai-Kadai Languages is a key work for professionals and students in linguistics, as well as anthropologists and area studies specialists.
ANTHONY V. N. DILLER is Foundation Director of the National Thai Studies Centre, at the Australian National University.
JEROLD A. EDMONDSON is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Texas Arlington and a member of the Academy of Distinguished Scholars.
YONGXIAN LUO is Senior Lecturer in the Asia Institute at the University of Melbourne and a member of the Australian Linguistic Society.
It presents an important overview of Thai that includes extensive cross-referencing to other sections of the volume and sign-posting to sources in the bibliography. The volume also includes much new material on Lao and other Tai-Kadai languages, several of which are described here for the first time.
Much-needed and highly useful, The Tai-Kadai Languages is a key work for professionals and students in linguistics, as well as anthropologists and area studies specialists.
ANTHONY V. N. DILLER is Foundation Director of the National Thai Studies Centre, at the Australian National University.
JEROLD A. EDMONDSON is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Texas Arlington and a member of the Academy of Distinguished Scholars.
YONGXIAN LUO is Senior Lecturer in the Asia Institute at the University of Melbourne and a member of the Australian Linguistic Society.

The Tai-Kadai Languages
700
The Tai-Kadai Languages
700Paperback(Reprint)
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780415688475 |
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Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Publication date: | 08/18/2011 |
Series: | Routledge Language Family Series |
Edition description: | Reprint |
Pages: | 700 |
Product dimensions: | 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d) |