11 Classification of MSEA Austroasiatic languages

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Table of Contents ix
4. List of abbreviations xiii
5. 1 Introduction 1
6. 2 The Neolithic occupation of Southeast Asia 21
7. 3 Homelands and dispersal histories of Mainland Southeast Asian language families: a multidisciplinary perspective 33
8. 4 The origins and spread of cereal agriculture in Mainland Southeast Asia 45
9. 5 History of MSEA Austroasiatic studies 61
10. 6 History of Tai-Kadai studies 93
11. 7 Scholarship on Trans-Himalayan (Tibeto-Burman) languages of South East Asia 111
12. 8 Historiography of Hmong-Mien linguistics 139
13. 9 French contributions to the study of Mainland Southeast Asian languages and linguistics 149
14. 10 The SIL contribution to language and linguistics in Mainland Southeast Asia 163
15. 11 Classification of MSEA Austroasiatic languages 179
16. 12 Classifying Trans-Himalayan (Sino-Tibetan) languages 207
17. 13 Classification of (Tai-)Kadai/Kra-Dai languages 225
18. 14 Classification and historical overview of Hmong-Mien languages 247
19. 15 Language macro-families and distant phylogenetic relations in MSEA 261
20. 16 Typological profile of Hmong-Mien languages 277
21. 17 Typological profile of Burmic languages 299
22. 18 Typological profile of Karenic languages 337
23. 19 Typological profile of Kuki-Chin languages 369
24. 20 Typological profile of the Kachin languages 403
25. 21 Typological profile of Kra-Dai languages 433
26. 22 Typological profile of Vietic 469
27. 23 Northern Austroasiatic languages of MSEA 499
28. 24 Eastern Austroasiatic languages 547
29. 25 The national languages of MSEA: Burmese, Thai, Lao, Khmer, Vietnamese 599
30. 26 South Asian influence on the languages of Southeast Asia 623
31. 27 Linguistic influence of Chinese in Southeast Asia 649
32. 28 The influence of contact between Austroasiatic and Austronesian 673
33. 29 Register in languages of Mainland Southeast Asia: the state of the art 683
34. 30 Contact and convergence in the semantics of MSEA 707
35. 31 Classifiers in Southeast Asian languages 733
36. 32 Grammaticalization in Mainland Southeast Asian languages 773
37. 33 Expressives in languages of Mainland Southeast Asia 811
38. 34 Pragmatics and syntax in the languages of MSEA 825
39. 35 MSEA epigraphy 855
40. 36 Writing systems of MSEA 879
41. 37 Language policy and planning in Mainland Southeast Asia 907
42. 38 Language and the building of nations in Southeast Asia 927
43. Subject index 957
44. Language index 965