A Grammar of Kam Revealed in Its Narrative Discourse. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tongyin Yang.
• Authors: Yang, Tongyin
• Contents: 1. INTRODUCTION.- 1.1 Discussed aspects and their respective salience.- 1.2 The Kam people, language, and their homeland.- 1.3 The Kam autonym and Kam history.- 1.4 Religion.- 1.5 Kam language and orthography.- 1.6 Summary.- 2. RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND FRAMEWORK.- 2.1 Scope of this present research.- 2.2 Literature review.- 2.3 Schiffrin's five-plane discourse model.- 2.4 Summary.- 3. DATA AND DATA COLLECTION.- 3.1 Yutou Kam community.- 3.2 Storytelling events.- 3.3 Full version of the recorded narrative data in LINGUALINKS.- 3.4 Summary.- 4. ANALYSIS.- 4.1 Analysis of discourse conditioned phonological and grammatical variations.- 4.2 Sentence-final particles (SFP) in narrative discourse.- 4.3 Structure of narrative and functions of repetition.- 4.4 Communicational aspects of narrating .- 4.5 Summary.- 5. CONCLUSION.- 5.1 Stated goals and findings.- 5.2 Strengths, weaknesses, and limitations of the present study.- 5.3 Recommendations for future research.- REFERENCES.- BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (314 pages)
• Subjects: Linguistics; South Asian Languages; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Cultural studies; Foreign Language Study -- General
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811022630
• Related ISBNs: 9789811022623
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