A reference grammar of Thai

Abstract

A Reference Grammar of Thai provides a clear, detailed, and comprehensive guide to Thai grammar, designed for both linguists and intermediate to advanced learners. Written by two leading experts on Thai, it places a special emphasis on functional accounts of Thai grammatical phenomena: the use of demonstratives, personal reference terms, the modality system, the aspectual system, pragmatic particles, verb serialization, relative clauses, question formation, passive and causative constructions, topic-marking, and many more. Unlike any other books on Thai grammar, it draws on data from everyday spoken discourse, such as informal conversations, group discussions, interviews, and narratives, as well as non-technical written texts such as folktales, short stories, and newspaper articles, to discuss grammatical phenomena at both sentenceand discourselevels. An extensive index is provided and examples are given in both Thai orthography and IPA-based phonetic symbols, making this an invaluable resource for linguists as well as students and teachers of Thai.

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