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How We Talk
We all had teachers who scolded us over the use of um, uh-huh, oh, like, and mm-hmm. But as linguist N. J. Enfield reveals in How We Talk, these "bad words" are fundamental to …
Dependencies in Language
Linguistic Epidemiology
First monograph in English to provide a sustained treatment of a specific grammatical topic across languages of mainland Southeast Asia representing different language familiesAn …
Grammar of Lao
The series builds an extensive collection of high quality descriptions of languages around the world. Each volume offers a comprehensive grammatical description of a single …
Languages of Mainland Southeast Asia
The studies in this book represent the rich, diverse and substantial research being conducted today in the linguistics of Mainland Southeast Asia. The chapters cover a broad scope. …
Language vs. Reality
Languages of Mainland Southeast Asia
The studies in this book represent the rich, diverse and substantial research being conducted today in the linguistics of Mainland Southeast Asia. The chapters cover a broad scope. …
Linguistic Epidemiology
This important new study examines in detail a semantic-pragmatic pattern surrounding the basic verb 'acquire' in nearly 30 Southeast Asian languages, concentrating on Lao, …
A Grammar of Lao
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 …