The Tai-kadai Languages

The 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. Selected Contents: Introduction Section 1 Family-Wide Focus Section 2 The Two National Languages, Thai and Lao Section 3 The So-Called 'Nationality Language' of the People's Republic of China Section 4 Survey of Further Languages in the Family Section 5 Topics of Comparative Interests