Comparison of languages in contact : the distillation method and case of Bai /
Wang Feng
- Nankang, Taipei : Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, c2005
- xxiv, 227 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
"2006-2-003-001-00087-1." Modified version of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--City University of Hong Kong, 2004, under the title: Language contact and language comparison.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Language contact and language comparison -- 2. Intra-comparison -- 3. Inter-comparison -- 4. Recognition -- 5. Concluding Remarks -- References.
This study proposes the Distillation Method for the comparative studies on languages in contact. This method in applied to the Bai language, which comes under heavy contact with Chinese.