Book contents
- The Aesthetics of Grammar
- The Aesthetics of Grammar
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Maps
- Contributors
- Abbreviations and conventions
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Austroasiatic
- Part II Tai-Kadai
- 8 Proverbs, proverbial elaboration, and poetic development in the Tai languages
- 9 Lexicalized poetry in Sui
- 10 Attitudes towards aesthetic aspects of Thai grammar
- Part III Hmong-Mien
- Part IV Austronesian
- Part V Tibeto-Burman
- Index
8 - Proverbs, proverbial elaboration, and poetic development in the Tai languages
from Part II - Tai-Kadai
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2013
- The Aesthetics of Grammar
- The Aesthetics of Grammar
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Maps
- Contributors
- Abbreviations and conventions
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Austroasiatic
- Part II Tai-Kadai
- 8 Proverbs, proverbial elaboration, and poetic development in the Tai languages
- 9 Lexicalized poetry in Sui
- 10 Attitudes towards aesthetic aspects of Thai grammar
- Part III Hmong-Mien
- Part IV Austronesian
- Part V Tibeto-Burman
- Index
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- The Aesthetics of GrammarSound and Meaning in the Languages of Mainland Southeast Asia, pp. 135 - 150Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013