This study, based on extensive and pioneering fieldwork done by the author between 1999 and 2002, provides a first account of Yinchia, a hitherto undescribed language in the southern Shan State of Myanmar (Burma). Using data collected from native Yinchia speakers in the Nam-San community, the author presents a comprehensive analysis of Yinchia phonetics and phonology (including tonology) in a framework that is essentially structuralist. Chapters on morphology and syntax remain more sketchy and tentative but discuss important issues such as the tense and aspect system of Yinchia as well as questions of word structure and the identification of phonological words, using mainly Integrational Linguistics as a theoretical background. Moreover, the author develops an orthography for Yinchia which so far has no writing system.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Peter Lang Ag
ISBN-13
9783631584989
eBay Product ID (ePID)
115979196
Product Key Features
Author
Hla Myat Thway
Publication Name
Yinchia Studies: Documentation and Analysis of a Language of Myanmar (Burma)
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Engineering & Technology
Publication Year
2010
Type
Study Guide
Number of Pages
197 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
210mm
Item Width
148mm
Volume
356
Item Weight
280g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Hla Myat Thway
Series Title
Europaeische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies / Publications Universitaires Europeennes