The Languages of East and Southeast Asia

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The Languages of East and Southeast Asia is written by Cliff Goddard and published by OUP Oxford. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0191037338 (ISBN 10) and 9780191037337 (ISBN 13).

This book introduces readers to the remarkable linguistic diversity of East and Southeast Asia. It combines serious but accessible treatments of diverse areas not usually found in a single volume: for example, word origins, cultural key words, tones and sounds, language families and typology, key syntactic structures, writing systems, communicative style. Written with great clarity and an eye for interesting examples, the book is a textbook for students of linguistics, Asian languages, and Asian studies.