Essays about: "Languages of South and South-East Asia"

Found 1 essay containing the words Languages of South and South-East Asia.

  1. 1. Body part terms in Kammu - A descriptive and comparative study

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Felix Ahlner; [2008]
    Keywords : semantics; Kammu; body parts; body part terms; linguistics; Lao; Jahai; Allmän språkvetenskap Lingvistik; Languages of South and South-East Asia; Chinese; Kinesiska och språk från Syd- och Sydostasien; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This paper presents a survey of the body part domain in the Mon-Khmer language Kammu. The descriptive part of the paper consists of word lists with belonging discussions and illustrations. The two major systems of relations between body part terms are the hierarchical possessive system and the spatial system. READ MORE