31.1120, Books: The Aesthetics of Grammar: Williams (ed.)

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Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 22:19:41
From: Katie Laker [klaker at cambridge.org]
Subject: The Aesthetics of Grammar: Williams (ed.)

 


Title: The Aesthetics of Grammar 
Subtitle: Sound and Meaning in the Languages of Mainland Southeast Asia 
Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://cambridge.org
	

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/asian-language-and-linguistics/aesthetics-grammar-sound-and-meaning-languages-mainland-southeast-asia?format=PB 


Editor: Jeffrey P. Williams

Paperback: ISBN:  9781108790383 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 32.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781108790383 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 24.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781108790383 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 29.17


Abstract:

The languages of mainland Southeast Asia evidence an impressive array of
elaborate grammatical resources, such as echo words, phonaesthetic words,
chameleon affixes, chiming derivatives, onomatopoeic forms, ideophones and
expressives. Speakers of these languages fashion grammatical works of art in
order to express and convey emotions, senses, conditions and perceptions that
enrich discourse. This book provides a detailed comparative overview of the
mechanisms by which aesthetic qualities of speech operate as part of speakers'
grammatical knowledge. Each chapter focuses on a different language and
explores the grammatical information of a number of well- and lesser-known
languages from mainland Southeast Asia. It will be of great interest to
syntacticians, morphologists, linguistic anthropologists, language
typologists, cognitive scientists interested in language, and instructors of
Southeast Asian languages.

1. Introduction Jeffrey P. Williams; Part I. Austro-Asiatic: 2. Expressives in
Austro-Asiatic Paul Sidwell; 3. Aesthetic elements in Temiar grammar Geoffrey
Benjamin; 4. Decorative morphology in Khmer John Haiman; 5. Why is sound
symbolism so common in Vietnamese? Marc Brunelle and L� Thi Xuyến; 6.
Grammatical aesthetics in Wa Justin Watkins; 7. Beautifying techniques in
Kammu vocal genres H�kan Lundstr�m; Part II. Tai-Kadai: 8. Proverbs,
proverbial elaboration, and poetic development in the Tai languages Thomas
John Hudak; 9. Lexicalized poetry in Sui James N. Stanford; 10. Attitudes
towards aesthetic aspects of Thai grammar Wilaiwan Khanittanan; Part III.
Hmong-Mien: 11. White Hmong reduplicative expressives Martha Ratliff; Part IV.
Austronesian: 12. The aesthetics of Jarai echo morphology Lap M. Siu and
Jeffrey P. Williams; 13. Expressive forms in Bih – a Highland Chamic language
of Vietnam Tam Nguyen; Part V. Tibeto-Burman: 14. Aesthetic aspects of Khmui
grammar David A. Peterson; 15. Delight in sound: Burmese patterns of euphony
Julian K. Wheatley; 16. Psycho-collocational expressives in Burmese Alice
Vittrant; 17. Grammatical aesthetics of ritual texts in Akha Inga-Lill
Hansson.
 



Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
                     Typology


Written In: English  (eng)

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