New Thai grammar book

[guava]

A Reference Grammar of Thai
by Shoichi Iwasaki and Preeya Ingkaphirom

• Paperback: 420 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (16 April 2009)
• Language English
• ISBN-10: 0521108675
• ISBN-13: 978-0521108676
• Product Dimensions: 27.7 x 20.8 x 2.5 cm

A Reference Grammar of Thai provides a clear, detailed and comprehensive guide to Thai grammar, designed for intermediate to advanced learners. Written by two leading experts on Thai, it places a special emphasis on functional accounts of its grammatical phenomena: the use of demonstratives, personal reference terms, the modality system, the aspectual system, pragmatic particles, verb serialisation, relative clauses, question formation, passive and causative constructions, topic marking and many more. Unlike any other book on Thai grammar, it draws on data from everyday spoken discourses such as informal conversation, group discussions, interviews and narratives, as well as non-technical written texts such as folk tales, short stories and newspaper articles, to discuss grammatical phenomena at both sentence and discourse level. An extensive index is provided and examples are given in both Thai orthography and IPA symbols, making this an invaluable resource for linguists as well as students and teachers of Thai.

[Richard Barrow]

What is the difference between this one and the other one priced $131 which has been selling on amazon for a few years now? Same title. Same authors. Same description.

update: paperback version on [ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0521108675?ie=UTF8&tag=thaistudentonlin&linkCode=a s2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0521108675 "]amazon.com[/ame]

[5tash]

The hardback version of this book has been around for a few years now, but with an extortionate price of $100+. At this price, I've never been tempted to purchase it.

Now with the release of the paperback, and at only $50... I've already put my order in!

[guava]

What is the difference between this one and the other one priced $131 which has been selling on amazon for a few years now? Same title. Same authors. Same description.

Sorry Richard, I should have made it clear that this is a paperback version of the book and is much more reasonably priced than the original.
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[guava]

The hardback version of this book has been around for a few years now, but with an extortionate price of $100+. At this price, I've never been tempted to purchase it.

Now with the release of the paperback, and at only $50... I've already put my order in!

£25.64 postage included me too!

[yeows]

I have seen the hardcover book and imho it is comparable to Thai Refrence Grammar by James Higbie and Snea Thinsan. Too bad Amazon does not send it to my country. :(

[5tash]

I see that parts of the book are viewable at Google Books;

A Reference Grammar of Thai
By Shōichi Iwasaki, Preeya Ingkaphirom, Inkapiromu Puriyā Horie

[mjmates]

I don't see the point of publishing a complex reference manual and using transliteration. Surely learners at this level should be encouraged to read Thai script?

The transliteration puts me off of purchasing it.

[5tash]

I don't see the point of publishing a complex reference manual and using transliteration. Surely learners at this level should be encouraged to read Thai script?

The transliteration puts me off of purchasing it.

In the preface of the book it mentions that it is written with two types of reader in mind. The first group, intermediate to advanced students of the language and the second, linguists who are interested in learning the structure of the language. The second group may not have a knowledge of Thai script.

The book shows both Thai orthography and transliteration.

[kikenyoy]

5tash,

Can you post a review after you spend some time with it?