A Grammar of Lao / / N.J. Enfield.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Enfield, N.J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2008]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Edition: Reprint 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Mouton Grammar Library [MGL] , 38
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (567 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; I Preliminaries --; Chapter 1. Overview --; Chapter 2. Language background --; Chapter 3. Phonology --; II Particles --; Chapter 4. Sentence-final and phrase-final --; particles --; III Nominals and Reference --; Chapter 5. Pronouns --; Chapter 6. Nominal modification --; Chapter 7. Nominal classification --; Chapter 8. Reference management --; IV Verbs and Predication --; Chapter 9. Aspectual-modal marking --; Chapter 10. Verbs and verb types --; Chapter 11. Basic clausal syntax --; Chapter 12. Expressive forms --; Chapter 13. Non-canonical transitive events --; V Multi-verb constructions --; Chapter 14. Preliminary remarks on multi-verb --; constructions --; Chapter 15. Three-participant events --; Chapter 16. Spatial predication --; Chapter 17. Secondary predication --; Chapter 18. Causation --; Chapter 19. Complementation --; Chapter 20. Coordinating constructions --; Chapter 21. Adverbial constructions --; Chapter 22. Summary remark on multi-verb --; VI Texts --; Chapter 23. Texts --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110207538; 9783110238570; 9783110238457; 9783110636970; 9783110742961; 9783110212129; 9783110212136; 9783110209457
• ISSN: 0933-7636
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110207538
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: N.J. Enfield.

Lao is the national language of Laos, and is also spoken widely in Thailand and Cambodia. It is a tone language of the Tai-Kadai family (Southwestern Tai branch). Lao is an extreme example of the isolating, analytic language type. This book is the most comprehensive grammatical description of Lao to date. It describes and analyses the important structures of the language, including classifiers, sentence-final particles, and serial verb constructions. Special attention is paid to grammatical topics from a semantic, pragmatic, and typological perspective.