Linguistics In East Asia And South East Asia

Author : Paul Sidwell,Mathias Jenny
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 983 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110558142

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The Languages and Linguistics of Mainland Southeast Asia by Paul Sidwell,Mathias Jenny Pdf

The handbook will offer a survey of the field of linguistics in the early 21st century for the Southeast Asian Linguistic Area. The last half century has seen a great increase in work on language contact, work in genetic, theoretical, and descriptive linguistics, and since the 1990s especially documentation of endangered languages. The book will provide an account of work in these areas, focusing on the achievements of SEAsian linguistics, as well as the challenges and unresolved issues, and provide a survey of the relevant major publications and other available resources. We will address: Survey of the languages of the area, organized along genetic lines, with discussion of relevant political and cultural background issues Theoretical/descriptive and typological issues Genetic classification and historical linguistics Areal and contact linguistics Other areas of interest such as sociolinguistics, semantics, writing systems, etc. Resources (major monographs and monograph series, dictionaries, journals, electronic data bases, etc.) Grammar sketches of languages representative of the genetic and structural diversity of the region.

Author : Seyed Hadi Mirvahedi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781000542288

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Linguistic Landscapes in South-East Asia by Seyed Hadi Mirvahedi Pdf

Anchored within current issues and debates in the field of Linguistic Landscape (LL) scholarship, this edited volume is concerned with politics of language and the semiotic construction of space in multilingual and multi-ethnic Asian countries. Spanning Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan and China, the chapters explore how different individuals and collectivities use semiotic resources in different spaces – schools, airports, streets and shops as well as online platforms – to reinforce or contest existing social structures, bearing strong implications for language maintenance and cultural revitalization, construction of ethnolinguistic and national identities, and socioeconomic mobility. Part I looks into how globalization and its accompanying forces and influences – such as the importance of English in socioeconomic mobility – come into contact with local Asian cultures and languages. Part II examines minority languages, demographically and socio-politically established in the countries, shedding light on the role of LL that plays in both their minorization and revitalization processes. Part III investigates how LL is utilized as a site for constructing identities to pursue socioeconomic, political and cultural goals. It is within this perspective that the presence and salience of English in the LL of the countries along with the use of the Asian languages is analyzed and understood, shedding light on how Asian heritage languages and cultures are preserved and/or certain identities in the times of political unrest or economic development are expressed. This fascinating insight into linguistic landscapes in Asia will be of interest to researchers, students and policy makers in sociolinguistics and applied linguistics anywhere in the world.

Author : Cliff Goddard
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199273119

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The Languages of East and Southeast Asia by Cliff Goddard Pdf

"This book introduces the linguistic diversity of East and Southeast Asia. It contains treatments of diverse areas including: word origins, cultural key words, tones and sounds, language families and typology, key syntactic structures, writing systems and communicative style" --Provided by publisher.

Author : Chao Yuen Ren,Richard B. Noss,Joseph. K. Yamagiwa
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 1004 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110814637

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Linguistics in East Asia and South East Asia by Chao Yuen Ren,Richard B. Noss,Joseph. K. Yamagiwa Pdf

To celebrate the 270th anniversary of the De Gruyter publishing house, the company is providing permanent open access to 270 selected treasures from the De Gruyter Book Archive. Titles will be made available to anyone, anywhere at any time that might be interested. The DGBA project seeks to digitize the entire backlist of titles published since 1749 to ensure that future generations have digital access to the high-quality primary sources that De Gruyter has published over the centuries.

Author : Alice Vittrant,Justin Watkins
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 798 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110402131

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The Mainland Southeast Asia Linguistic Area by Alice Vittrant,Justin Watkins Pdf

This book lies at the crossroads of areal typology, language contact and genetic affiliation. Concerned with mainland Southeast Asia in particular, the various grammatical sketches lay emphasis on characteristics shared by unrelated languages.

Author : Patricia Herbert,Anthony Crothers Milner
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0824812670

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South-East Asia by Patricia Herbert,Anthony Crothers Milner Pdf

Author : T. E. McAuley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136844614

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Language Change in East Asia by T. E. McAuley Pdf

This book adopts a wide focus on the range of East Asian languages, in both their pre-modern and modern forms, within the specific topic area of language change. It contains sections on dialect studies, contact linguistics, socio-linguistics and syntax/phonology and deals with all three major languages of East Asia: Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Individual chapters cover pre-Sino-Japanese phonology, nominalizers in Chinese, Japanese and Korean; Japanese loanwords in Taiwan Mandarin; changes in Korean honorifics; the tense and aspect system of Japanese; and language policy in Japan. The book will be of interest to linguists working on East Asian languages, and will be of value to a range of general linguists working in comparative or historical linguistics, socio-linguistics, language typology and language contact.

Author : J. H. C. S. Davidson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135068134

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South-East Asian Linguistics by J. H. C. S. Davidson Pdf

Published in the year 1990, Understanding Party System Change in Western Europe is a valuable contribution to the field of Politics.

Author : Azirah Hashim,Gerhard Leitner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781351590280

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English in Southeast Asia and ASEAN by Azirah Hashim,Gerhard Leitner Pdf

English in Southeast Asia and ASEAN embeds English in its various regional Southeast Asian and political ASEAN language habitats. Addressing the history, developmental stages and contacts with other languages, it provides in-depth information on the region and its political organization. In doing so, it analyzes the geo-political division of the region between former Anglophone and non-Anglophone colonies and shows that this distinction has led to considerable differences in the status and texture of English. This analysis includes the role and impact of American English in mainland and maritime Southeast Asia to highlight the linguistic properties of English and its linguistic and sociopolitical development, English used in specific domains, language policies and concludes with the future of English and future challenges. This book therefore provides an integrative survey of the various roles of English in ASEAN member states and studies the transformation of entire language habitats, including the major national and regional languages that participate in this process. It also explains how new societies emerge with their conflicting identities and their aspirations to act regionally or even globally and is a valuable resource for scholars and students in the fields of World Englishes, Asian Studies and those interested in language contact, policy and planning.

Author : Lee Hock Guan,Leo Suryadinata
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789812304827

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Language, Nation and Development in Southeast Asia by Lee Hock Guan,Leo Suryadinata Pdf

Papers from a workshop on Language, Nation and Development in Southeast Asia held in Singapore, 2003.

Author : Yuen Ren Chao,Richard B. Noss,Joseph Koshimi Yamagiwa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 979 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : East Asia
ISBN : OCLC:263630204

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Linguistics in East Asia and South East Asia by Yuen Ren Chao,Richard B. Noss,Joseph Koshimi Yamagiwa Pdf

Author : Antonio L. Rappa,Lionel Wee Hock An
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2006-06-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780387321868

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Language Policy and Modernity in Southeast Asia by Antonio L. Rappa,Lionel Wee Hock An Pdf

This original piece of research considers the ways in which modernity challenges and informs the language policies of various Southeast Asians nations. It combines theoretical arguments from policy studies, language policy and political theory, with quantitative figures where necessary. Succinctly and clearly written, this volume fills the research gap on the topic while bringing up to date the various political, social, and policy developments.

Author : Trang Phan,Tuan-Cuong Nguyen,Masaaki Shimizu
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2024-09-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9819743133

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Studies in Vietnamese Historical Linguistics by Trang Phan,Tuan-Cuong Nguyen,Masaaki Shimizu Pdf

This book facilitates constructive interdisciplinary dialogue among linguistics and philology specialists concerning various languages in Vietnam, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. The book’s principal objective is to investigate the interdisciplinary nature of language change, with a particular focus on analyzing the structural and socio-cultural components of the evolution of specific linguistic phenomena over time. The book concentrates on the five primary language families in the East and Southeast Asian linguistic arena, namely Austroasiatic, Tai-Kadai, Sino-Tibetan, Austronesian, and Hmong-Mien. In doing so, it develops understanding of the extent to which language change is the result of language-internal mechanisms, prolonged contact with other languages within the same linguistic area, and the surrounding socio-cultural milieu. Given that Vietnam presents a linguistic microcosm of the East and Southeast Asia region, the book is divided into two sections. The first centers on historical linguistics relating to major languages based in Vietnam, including Vietnamese and its significant neighbors, Tay and Nung. The subsequent section examines the transformations observable in other languages prevalent across East and Southeast Asia that are historically, typologically, and geographically related to languages from Vietnam, including Chinese, Formosan, and Philippine languages, as well as Hmongic languages. A product of a workshop sponsored by the Harvard Yenching Institute held at the Institute of Sino-Nom Studies, this book encompasses a significant contribution to the field of Vietnamese historical linguistics, which has been notably underexplored in academic research. It is relevant to linguists, philologists, historians, anthropologists, and cultural scholars interested in Vietnam in particular, and the Southeast and East Asian cultural and linguistic landscape at large.

Author : Ee Ling Low,Azirah Hashim
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027249029

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English in Southeast Asia by Ee Ling Low,Azirah Hashim Pdf

This volume provides a first systematic, comprehensive account of English in Southeast Asia (SEA) based on current research by leading scholars in the field. The volume first provides a systematic account of the linguistic features across all sub-varieties found within each country. It also has a section dedicated to the historical context and language planning policies to provide a background to understanding the development of the linguistic features covered in Part I and, finally, the vibrancy of the sociolinguistic and pragmatic realities that govern actual language in use in a wide variety of domains such as the law, education, popular culture, electronic media and actual pragmatic encounters are also given due coverage. This volume also includes an extensive bibliography of works on English in SEA, thus providing a useful and valuable resource for language researchers, linguists, classroom educators, policy makers and anyone interested in the topic of English in SEA or World Englishes as a whole.

Author : N.J. Enfield,Bernard Comrie
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781501501685

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Languages of Mainland Southeast Asia by N.J. Enfield,Bernard Comrie Pdf

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. Several studies address questions of language relatedness, often challenging conventional assumptions about the status of language contact as an explanatory factor in accounting for linguistic similarities. Several address the question of Mainland Southeast Asia as a linguistic area, exploring new ways to imagine and define the boundaries, and indeed the boundedness, of a Mainland Southeast Asia area. Two contributions rethink the received notion of the 'sesquisyllable' with new empirical and theoretical angles. And a set of chapters explores topics in the morphology and syntax of the region's languages, sometimes challenging orthodox assumptions and claims about what a typical language of Mainland Southeast Asia is like. Written by leading researchers in the field, and with a substantial overview of current knowledge and new directions by the volume editors N. J. Enfield and Bernard Comrie, this book will serve as an authoritative source on where the linguistics of Mainland Southeast Asia is at, and where it is heading.