The Miao-Yao world: selected papers in linguistics

Downer, Gordon B.

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The Miao-Yao world: selected papers in linguistics

Date

2003

Authors

Downer, Gordon B.

Publisher

[Canberra, ACT] : The Thai-Yunnan Project and The Department of Anthropology Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University.

Abstract

Where independent traditions of linguistic analysis have been developed, an alphabet ot syllabary has been on hand to serve as the medium in which to write down the results of phonological analysis.