Reduction in Burmese Compounds

Burmese is a sesquisyllabic language that allows major syllables to be reduced to minor syllables in certain circumstances. This occurs in many compounds, where the first word may reduce its final syllable. Previous descriptions of Burmese have relied on limited data and concluded that this reductio...

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Main Author: Burgdorf, Dan Cameron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Hawaii Press 2020-05-01
Series:Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10524/52465