With close to 100 million speakers, Tai-Kadai constitutes one of
the world's major language families. Made up of two national
languages, Thai and Lao, and the so-called 'nationality languages'
that represent minority 'nationalities' officially recognized in
the People's Republic of China, it is a language group of immense
interest and significance.
Despite this, no single volume covering the Tai-Kadai languages
has existed until now, and both Thai and Lao, as well as the
'nationality languages', lack comprehensive, dependable and
up-to-date reference grammars.
Addressing this, The Tai-Kadai Languages provides the clear,
grammatical descriptions needed in the area. A one-of-a-kind
resource, it presents a particularly important overview of Thai
that includes extensive cross-referencing to other sections of the
volume, sign-posting to sources in the bibliography, and can be
seen as an abridged reference grammar in itself. A parallel
grammatical study of Lao is also included, as are discussions of
the 'nationality languages', surveys of further languages in the
family with smaller numbers of speakers, and sections dealing with
topics of comparative interest.
Much-needed and highly useful, The Tai-Kadai Languages is a key
work for professionals and students in linguistics, as well as
anthropologists and area studies specialists.
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