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Re: Reference Grammars (was: Doraja)

From:BP Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Friday, April 28, 2000, 9:32
At 23:51 27.4.2000 -0700, DOUGLAS KOLLER wrote:
> > >Also there is _Mandarin Chinese: A Functional Reference Grammar_ by > > >Li & Thompson, which was my explicit model. > > > > Another good one. > >If you're unfamiliar with it, _Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar_ by >Stephen Matthews and Virginia Yip is also excellent, done very much in the >Li & Thompson style with frequent references to it, in fact (often to point >out how the two dialects differ).
What about setting up a format & guidelines for on-line ref grammars and get down to it? I daresay the people on this list represent an awesome collective competence! /BP B.Philip Jonsson mailto:bpj@netg.se mailto:melroch@my-deja.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~__ Anant' avanaute quettalmar! \ \ __ ____ ____ _____________ ___ __ __ __ / / \ \/___ \\__ \ /___ _____/\ \\__ \\ \ \ \\ \ / / / / / / / \ / /Melroch\ \_/ // / / // / / / / /___/ /_ / /\ \ / /Melarocco\_ // /__/ // /__/ / /_________//_/ \_\/ /Eowine__ / / \___/\_\\___/\_\ I neer Pityancalimeo\ \_____/ /ar/ /_atar Mercasso naan ~~~~~~~~~Cuinondil~~~\_______/~~~\__/~~~Noolendur~~~~~~ || Lenda lenda pellalenda pellatellenda cuivie aiya! || "A coincidence, as we say in Middle-Earth" (JRR Tolkien)