A Grammatical Sketch of Hainan Cham : : History, Contact, and Phonology / / Graham Thurgood, Ela Thurgood, Li Fengxiang.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Thurgood, Graham,; Fengxiang, Li,; Thurgood, Ela,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Pacific Linguistics [PL] , 643
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (404 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Acknowledgements --; Table of contents --; List of maps --; Conventions --; List of abbreviations --; 1. Introduction --; 2. The people and the setting --; 3. Legends and History --; 4. The linguistic setting --; 5. The Hainan Cham sound system --; 6. Acoustic analyses --; 7. Word classes --; 8. Clause types --; 9. Discourse Pragmatics --; 10. Contact summary --; Texts --; Appendix A: Hainan Cham – English Glossary / English – Hainan Cham Glossary --; Appendix B: The Stübel wordlist --; Appendix C: Sanya Mandarin --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781614516040; 9783110238570; 9783110238457; 9783110636970; 9783110742961; 9783110369526; 9783110370270
• ISSN: 1448-8310
• DOI: 10.1515/9781614516040
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Graham Thurgood, Ela Thurgood, Li Fengxiang.

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.