Linguistic Epidemiology: Semantics and Grammar of Language Contact in Mainland Southeast Asia by N. J. Enfield

Linguistic Epidemiology: Semantics and Grammar of Language Contact in Mainland Southeast Asia

Routledge Studies in Asian Linguistics

N. J. Enfield

420 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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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, Vietnamese, Khmer, Kmhmu, Hmong, and varieties of Chinese.The book makes a ...

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