{"product_id":"the-tai-kadai-languages-9780700714575","title":"The Tai-Kadai Languages","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Anthony Diller | Jerry Edmondson | Yongxian Luo\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ethnic Studies - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Routledge Language Family Series is aimed at undergraduates and postgraduates of linguistics and language, or those with an interest in historical linguistics, linguistics anthropology and language development. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith close to 100 million speakers, Tai-Kadai constitutes one of the world's major language families. \u003cem\u003eThe Tai-Kadai Languages\u003c\/em\u003e provides a unique, comprehensive, single-volume tome covering much needed grammatical descriptions in the area. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt presents an important overview of Thai that includes extensive cross-referencing to other sections of the volume and sign-posting to sources in the bibliography. The volume also includes much new material on Lao and other Tai-Kadai languages, several of which are described here for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuch-needed and highly useful, \u003cem\u003eThe Tai-Kadai Languages\u003c\/em\u003e is a key work for professionals and students in linguistics, as well as anthropologists and area studies specialists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eANTHONY V. N. DILLER is Foundation Director of the National Thai Studies Centre, at the Australian National University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJEROLD A. EDMONDSON is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Texas Arlington and a member of the Academy of Distinguished Scholars. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYONGXIAN LUO is Senior Lecturer in the Asia Institute at the University of Melbourne and a member of the Australian Linguistic Society. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46930113659031,"sku":"9780700714575","price":43991.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780700714575.webp?v=1771604827","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-tai-kadai-languages-9780700714575","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}