A grammar of Anong : language death under intense contact / / by Hongkai Sun and Guangkun Liu ; translated, annotated, and supplemented by Fengxiang Li, Ela Thurgood, Graham Thurgood.

• Superior document: Brill's Tibetan studies library, v. 5/9
• Author: Sun, Hongkai.
• TeilnehmendeR: Liu, Guangkun.; Li, Fengxiang.; Thurgood, Ela.; Thurgood, Graham.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 5/9.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (408 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Anong yu yan jiu.; Preliminary Material /; Chapter One. Introduction /; Chapter Two. Phonology /; Chapter Three. Lexicon /; Chapter Four. Syntax /; Chapter Five. The Restructuring Of Anong /; Chapter Six. Anong In Tibeto-Burman /; Appendix A. The Anong Lexicon /; Appendix B. Texts /; Appendix C. An Acoustic Look At Anong /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1282602373; 9786612602375; 9047430301
• ISSN: 1568-6183
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Hongkai Sun and Guangkun Liu ; translated, annotated, and supplemented by Fengxiang Li, Ela Thurgood, Graham Thurgood.

A work that will be of interest to those interested in typology, language history, and contact induced change, this book documents the radical restructuring of Anong over the last 40 years under intense contact with Lisu. In the almost fifty years, Sun Hongkai has been documenting the Anong language of Yunnan China, it has undergone radical, contact-induced changes. The language of the less than forty remaining speakers is quite different than the Anong of forty years ago. Under intense contact with Lisu, major change has occurred in the language, much of it documented in this work of Sun's. The English edition is a reworking of the original Chinese version, providing annotation, an expanded lexicon, and an appendix that contains an instrumental study of the language.