David Smyth

Thai

An Essential Grammar

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This third edition of Thai: An Essential Grammar provides an up-to-date and concise reference guide to Thai grammar. Using clear, jargon-free explanations, it sets out the complexities of Thai in short, readable sections and presents an accessible description of the language.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• 3. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 581g
• ISBN-13: 9781032956305
• ISBN-10: 1032956305
• Artikelnr.: 71778301

Autorenporträt

David Smyth was formerly Senior Lecturer in Thai at the SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), University of London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Pronunciation
2. The 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 other prepositions
9. Clauses and sentences
10. Sentence particles
11. Negation
12. Questions
13. Numbers, measurement and quantification
14. Time
15. Thai speech conventions
Appendix 1-Romanisation systems
Appendix 2-The verbs hâi, dâi, and bpen: a summary
Glossary
Bibliography and further reading
Index