The Yay Language: Glossary, Texts, and Translations Volume 38

by William J. Gedney and Thomas Hudak

In the 1960s and 1970s, William J. Gedney, the preeminent authority on Tai languages and literatures, conducted extensive investigations into a large number of Tai dialects. Employing careful and exhaustive elicitation techniques, he compiled glossaries, texts, and cultural notes from hitherto undescribed, or poorly described, dialects and languages. One of the most extensive is Yay, a language belonging to the Northern Branch of the Tai family, spoken...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0891480668
• ISBN13: 9780891480662
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: U of M Center for South East Asian Studi
• Length: 795 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"