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Thai : an essential grammar

This is a user-friendly guide to the basic structures of Thai. It is designed for use both by students and independent learners, and includes guidance on pronunciation, the Thai writing system and the grammar.
Print Book, English, 2002
Routledge, London, 2002
xiii, 234 s
9780415226134, 9780415226141, 0415226139, 0415226147
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Preface; Introduction; 1. Pronunciation; 2. Writing System; 3. Nouns, classifiers and noun phrases; 4. Pronouns; 5. Verbs; 6.Adjectives (stative verbs) and adjectival constructions; 7. Adverbs and adverbial constructions; 8. Location markers and prepositions; 9. Clauses and sentences; 10. Sentence particles 11. Negation; 12. Questions; 13. Numbers, measurement and quantification; 14. Time; 15. Thai speech conventions; appendix; Glossary of grammatical terms; Bibliography and further reading; Index