The people and the setting -- Legends and history -- The linguistic setting -- The Hainan Cham sound system -- Acoustic analyses -- Word classes -- Clause types -- Discourse pragmatics -- Contact summary -- Appendix A: English-Hainan Cham glossary -- Appendix B: the Stübel wordlist -- Appendix C: Sanya Mandarin
Summary
This volume is a grammatical sketch of Hainan Cham, an endangered tonal Austronesian language. The study focuses on three areas: social background and contact history, the grammar (including all the recorded vocabulary), and a description of the sound system (including acoustic description). The appendixes also include the wordlist of Sanya Chinese forms and four analyzed texts
Analysis
Chamic
Grammar
Hainan Cham
Language Contact
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-397) and index
