Tai-kadai Languages

The volume will go a good way toward remedying the lack of available grammatical descriptions for Tai-Kadai. In particular, the prospective editor himself (Diller) will work to overcome the deficiency for Thai noted above-a project which has been underway for several years with funding from the Australian Research Council. With consultations and input from other contributors,the projected outcome will be a compact 40,000-word overview of Thai, in effect an abridged reference grammar. This will include relevant cross-referencing to sections of the volume treating other language in the family, as well as sign-posting to sources in the bibliography.Similarly, Mr Nick Enfield, in association with his current doctoral project, will produce a parallel Lao grammatical study. The over-all coherence and usefulness of the book will thus be enhanced and the target audience broadened.Diller, Anthony is the author of 'Tai-kadai Languages', published 2007 under ISBN 9780700714575 and ISBN 070071457X.