Thai: An Essential Grammar

David Smyth (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2002
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-22614-1 (ISBN)

Infos

This is a user-friendly guide to the basic structures of Thai. It is designed for use both by students and independent learners, and includes guidance on pronunciation, the Thai writing system and the grammar.

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Concise and user-friendly, Thai: An Essential Grammar is the ideal guide to the basic structures of the language for both students on taught courses and independent learners. Grammatical forms are explained in clear, jargon-free style and illustrated by examples, given in both Thai script and romanization. As well as grammar, it includes guidance on pronunciation, speech conventions and the beautiful Thai writing system.

Autor

David Smyth is Lecturer in Thai at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Inhalt

Preface; Introduction; 1. Pronunciation; 2. Writing System; 3. Nouns, classifiers and noun phrases; 4. Pronouns; 5. Verbs; 6.Adjectives (stative verbs) and adjectival constructions; 7. Adverbs and adverbial constructions; 8. Location markers and prepositions; 9. Clauses and sentences; 10. Sentence particles 11. Negation; 12. Questions; 13. Numbers, measurement and quantification; 14. Time; 15. Thai speech conventions; appendix; Glossary of grammatical terms; Bibliography and further reading; Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.8.2002
• Reihe/Serie: Routledge Essential Grammars
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 156 x 234 mm
• Gewicht: 431 g
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• ISBN-10: 0-415-22614-7 / 0415226147
• ISBN-13: 978-0-415-22614-1 / 9780415226141
• Zustand: Neuware