The Dictionary of Lahu
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The Dictionary of Lahu

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eBook - ePub

The Dictionary of Lahu

About this book

The Lahu are a hill-dwelling Tibeto-Burman people whose language reflects the influence of Thai and Chinese, yet retains a unique beauty and expressive power of its own. The Dictionary of Lahu is one of the most exhaustive and sophisticated dictionaries yet produced for a Southeast Asian language. Together with the author's The Grammar of Lahu (UCPL vol. 75, 1973/1982), it places Lahu among the best documented minority languages of the world.
The Lahu are a hill-dwelling Tibeto-Burman people whose language reflects the influence of Thai and Chinese, yet retains a unique beauty and expressive power of its own. The Dictionary of Lahu is one of the most exhaustive and sophisticated dictionaries y

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of plates
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Symbols and abbreviations
  6. Introduction to the dictionary
  7. 1.0 History of the Lahu dictionary project
  8. 2.0 The Lahu people and the Lahu language
  9. 2.1 The genetic position of Lahu.
  10. 2.2 Lahu dialects and cultural subdivisions
  11. 3.0 Transcription and alphabetical order
  12. 4.0 Structure and format of the individual entry.
  13. 4.1 Lemmata and lemmatizational dilemmas
  14. 4.2 Form-classes.
  15. 4.3 Glosses.
  16. 4.4 Subentries
  17. 4.5 Remarks: cross references and etymologies.
  18. The dictionary of Lahu
  19. Bibliography
  20. I. Works on the Lahu language and people
  21. II. Works written in Lahu
  22. III. Works consulted in preparing this dictionary
  23. Plates