In this chapter we offer a theoretically informed description of Vietnamese clausal syntax,
through a parallel description of the structure of the extended verb phrase–the clausal spine …

The focus of this study is on the function and grammaticalization of nominalizations in Thai
and the nominalization categories and nominalizing strategies in Thai are described. The …

Vietnamese is still one of the comparatively little described languages of Southeast Asia.
Although there is already a vast literature on the encoding of time in natural languages, the …

The aim of this paper is a semantic and typological case-study of static spatial reference in
Vietnamese. This includes reviewing already presented theories for the description of …

This dissertation investigates the question of whether and to what extent language
convergence within a linguistic area may extend into the domain of lexical semantics. To …