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A Grammar of Zoulei, Southwest China - Southwest China (Paperback, New edition)
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A Grammar of Zoulei, Southwest China - Southwest China (Paperback, New edition)
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Zoulei is an endangered language spoken by several hundred speakers
in China's Guizhou Province and adjacent areas. It is a variety of
the Ahou dialect of the highly diverse Gelao group within the
Tai-Kadai language family. Zoulei is a typical isolating and
analytic language, basically monosyllabic, particularly with verbs,
with a number of striking features that are generally not found in
other members of the Tai-Kadai family. The language is also marked
by a rich phoneme inventory and lexical tone, compounding, serial
verb constructions and strong head-initial constituent order, as
well as a vocabulary that may enhance our understanding of the
early history and culture of this region. In the opening chapters,
the volume describes the social, cultural, and linguistic
organization of this group, outlines the main points of Zoulei
phonology, and presents an overview of the grammar. In succeeding
chapters, it examines a number of grammatical topics in greater
detail, including phrase and clause structure, verbal syntax,
discourse particles, among others. The volume also includes a
vocabulary and several texts recorded from village elders.
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