Lahu Shi Orthography Report

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Date Created: 
2000-06
Sponsored By: 
Thammasat University
Extent: 
vi, 45 pages
Description: 
The Lahu Shi people are one group of people who are for the most part waiting to have books in their mother tongue. Since 1993, linguistic research of their language has been conducted, with the aim of using the knowledge gained for both linguistic analysis and in applied linguistic work. The following report is one of the more visible applied results.
Publication Status: 
Preprint
Table of Contents: 
Preface-- Table of Figures-- Table of Examples-- Table of Tables-- Introduction-- The Lahu Shi people and their language-- Multi-lingual people living among multiple languages of wider communication-- The Lahu Shi Orthography-- Lahu Shi Orthography Statement-- 1 Language-- 2 Length of time in the language-- 3 Phonological Statement-- 4 Linguistic and Sociolinguistic Factors-- 5 Statement of Orthography-- 6 Reasons for changes to the orthography-- 7 Choices for over and under-differentiated phonemes-- 8 Morphophonemic and word break decisions-- 9 Punctuation-- 10 Decisions which depart from Standard Orthography-- 11 Symbolization-- 12 One page text-- Articles and References
Country: 
Thailand
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Entry Number: 
60507