TY - BOOK AU - Pelkey,Jamin R. TI - Dialectology as dialectic: interpreting Phula variation T2 - Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs AV - PL3311.Y5 P45 2011eb U1 - 495 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Berlin, New York PB - De Gruyter Mouton KW - Yi language KW - Dialectology KW - Phonology KW - Yi (Chinese people) KW - Languages KW - Ethnic identity KW - Anthropological linguistics KW - China KW - Yunnan Sheng KW - Vietnam KW - FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Southeast Asian Languages KW - bisacsh KW - Electronic books N1 - Revision of author's (doctoral) thesis--LaTrobe University, Australia, 2008; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Undertaking a broadscale experiment in theory and praxis, this book demonstrates grounds for insisting on a more integrational approach to dialectology while simultaneously demonstrating grounds for defining the hidden Phula languages of the Sino-Vietnam borderlands. The modern languages and their ancestral lineage are defined dialectically, through dynamic syntheses of correlative perspectives UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=388210 ER -