This collection of eighteen papers explores issues in the study of semantic parallelism—a
world-wide tradition in the composition of oral poetry. It is concerned with both comparative …

The Lao, as with other Tai-speaking peoples, believe in souls (khuan) which need to be
integrated with the body to ensure the well-being of the individual. A ritual called the baci or …

Ethnonyms (the names of ethnic groups), in their socially situated linguistic use, can offer
insights into indigenous conceptions of the sociocultural universe. Here I examine the …

Virtually every ethnic group in mainland Southeast Asia tells myths of a great deluge that
leaves only two survivors alive to reconstitute humanity and to create the ethnic groups of …

“Time, Not the Syllables, Must Be Counted”: Quechua Parallelism, Word Meaning, and Cultural
Analysis1 Page 1 “Time, Not the Syllables, Must Be Counted”: Quechua Parallelism, Word …

This paper is a part of a larger on-going research project entitled" Thesaurus of Khmu
Dialects in SEA". It is a three year project supported by SEASREP (Southeast Asian Studies …

This article concerns the dynamics of people-making during war and exile. While the
Second Indochina War (1954–75) in Laos was international, the fashioning of ethnic …

The prosodic variation in different Khmu dialects demonstrates the general trend of
Southeast Asian languages which is heading towards tonogenesis and at the same time …

This book focuses on vocal expressions in the borderland between song and speech. It
spans across several linguistic and musical milieus in societies where oral transmission of …

Although in Thailand Khmu is just a small ethnic minority, a remnant of a much bigger group
in Laos, Khmu dialects are scattered along the Thai-Lao border in Nan and Chiengrai …