{"product_id":"9780415688475-taikadai-languages","title":"The Tai-Kadai Languages","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume goes a good way towards remedying the lack of available grammatical descriptions for Tai-Kadai. With consultations and input from a range of contributors, the book is a compact 40,000-word overview of Thai. The work includes relevant cross-referencing to sections of the volume treating other languages in the family, as well as sign-posting to sources in the bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e. \u003cp\u003eWith close to 100 million speakers, Tai-Kadai constitutes one of the world's major language families. \u003cem\u003eThe Tai-Kadai Languages\u003c\/em\u003e provides a unique, comprehensive, single-volume tome covering much needed grammatical descriptions in the area. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt presents an important overview of Thai that includes extensive cross-referencing to other sections of the volume and sign-posting to sources in the bibliography. The volume also includes much new material on Lao and other Tai-Kadai languages, several of which are described here for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMuch-needed and highly useful, \u003cem\u003eThe Tai-Kadai Languages\u003c\/em\u003e is a key work for professionals and students in linguistics, as well as anthropologists and area studies specialists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eANTHONY V. N. DILLER is Foundation Director of the National Thai Studies Centre, at the Australian National University. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJEROLD A. EDMONDSON is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Texas Arlington and a member of the Academy of Distinguished Scholars. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYONGXIAN LUO is Senior Lecturer in the Asia Institute at the University of Melbourne and a member of the Australian Linguistic Society. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41044171980897,"sku":"9780415688475","price":112.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/stand_16536205_jpg.jpg?v=1705533533","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780415688475-taikadai-languages","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}