Linguistics epidemiology
Subtitle: semantics and grammar of language contact in mainland Southeast Asia
By: Enfield N. J.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 397
Subjects: Languages in contact -- Asia, Southeastern.; Grammar, Comparative and general.; Semantics, Comparative.; Pragmatics.; Southeast Asia -- Languages.
Description: The book makes a significant contribution to empirical work on semantic and grammatical change in a linguistic area, as well as representing theoretical advances in cognitive semantics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.