Chapter Mainland Southeast Asian languages: State of the art and new directions.

• Main Author: Enfield, N.J (auth)
• Other Authors: Comrie, Bernard (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin / Boston De Gruyter 2015
• Subjects: Language; linguistics; Historical & comparative linguistics; Regional studies; Linguistics; Anthropology; Mainland Southeast Asia
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Mainland Southeast Asia (hereafter: MSEA) can be broadly defined as the area occupied by present day Cambodia, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, and Vietnam, along with areas of China south of the Yangtze River. Also sometimes included are the seven states of Northeast India, and-althoug...