First Published in 2002. Part of the Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics series, this is an
in-depth investigation of the effects of duration and sonority on contour tone distribution. The …

This collection of essays developed out of a conference held in Hong Kong in 1988. The aim
was to provide a forum for an exchange of views between academics working within the field …

This paper aims to explore the origin and to reconstruct the path of the development of a
preverbal element, glossed as ACQ here, in the Nanning Yue dialect (NY) spoken in the …

Classifiers in Vietnamese are said to have numerous syntactic and semantic functions,
including nominalization, individuation, anaphoric reference, and marking definiteness or …

This qualitative study explores the cultural identity manifested through the traditional attire of
Phu Tai women in Kalasin Province, illustrating how clothing serves as a pivotal marker of …

This research is a study on a functional analysis of an aspect of Thai grammar. It is based on
the theoretical framework of Systemic Functional Theory developed by Halliday and other …

In this paper we would like to begin to explore some problems in the word order typology of
Southeast Asian (SEA) languages, using lexicase as the theoretical framework within which …

This paper discusses the diachronic processes of tonal development of Tai languages.
Tonogenesis is treated as the very first step of the arising of tones in proto-Tai. After tone …

This study explored whether native languages of examinees had any influence on the
dimensional structure of the abilities underlying English-as-a-second-language proficiency …

Tapaustutkimukseni käsittelee thainkielisen oppijan edistymistä suomen morfologiassa.
Näkökulmani on konseptuaalisen semantiikan mukaan se, että tietyt merkitykset ovat …