Thurgood, Graham, <br/><br/>
A grammatical sketch of Hainan Cham :  history, contact, and phonology / 
Graham Thurgood, Ela Thurgood, Li Fengxiang. 
 - 1 online resource (428 pages) :  illustrations, maps. 
 - Pacific linguistics,  volume 643  1448-8310 ; .
 - Pacific linguistics ;  643. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-397) and index. 
<br/><br/>The people and the setting -- Legends and history -- The linguistic setting -- The Hainan Cham sound system -- Acoustic analyses -- Word classes -- Clause types -- Discourse pragmatics -- Contact summary -- Appendix A: English-Hainan Cham glossary -- Appendix B: the Stubel wordlist -- Appendix C: Sanya Mandarin. 
<br/><br/> "This volume is a grammatical sketch of Hainan Cham, an endangered tonal Austronesian language. The study focuses on three areas: social background and contact history, the grammar (including all the recorded vocabulary), and a description of the sound system (including acoustic description). The appendixes also include the wordlist of Sanya Chinese forms and four analyzed texts"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781614516040 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cham language--Dialects--History.--China--Hainan Sheng<br/>Cham language--Grammar.<br/>Cham language--Phonology.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PL4491.95.H35  / T48 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>499/.22