review mon khmer studies 27 review mon khmer studies vol 27 1997 mahidol university salaya thailand summer institute linguistics dallas texas usa us 39 00 reviewed neil h olsen neil olsen ci slc ut us volume 27 mon khmer studies mks dedicated paul k benedict occasion 85th birthday 5 july 1997 tragically dr benedict died sixteen days later automobile accident robert bauer writes memorial tribute includes concise biography following bauer memorial mks editors compiled bibliography benedict 213s articles books conference papers current complete published date mks 27 third volume special series dedicated recognized experts field southeast asian linguistics mks 25 dedicated late andre haudricourt mks 26 david thomas one founding editors mks 1964 mks 28 resume regular format journal although mks generally journal devoted mon khmer austroasiatic languages welcomes articles southeast asian languages language families 28 papers volume ambitious previous mks volumes represent wide range linguistic topics reflect dr benedict broad eclectic sometimes controversial interests papers chinese japanese tai sino tibetan tibeto burman hmong mien austronesian course austroasiatic main purpose review briefly summarize various papers readers may select articles interest first paper paul k benedict interphyla flow southeast asia one keynote speeches 4th international symposium languages linguistics pan asiatic linguistics held bangkok january 1966 benedict warns us field southeast asian linguistics bosnia historical linguistics lovely landscape strewn land mines playfully formulates law historical linguistics number linguistic errors perpetrated inversely proportional median length roots involved remainder paper devoted exploring sino tibetan mon khmer austro tai homelands map diagram distinguishing direct stimulus diffusion interphyla tone flow contrasting affixation patterns among superstocks finally traces pair mon khmer loan words tiger raptor invade southeast asia track austric part ii consonant mutation early austroasiatic la vaughn h hayes datarich paper continuing part mks 21 effort validate wilhem schmidt 1906 hypothesis austroasiatic austronesian genetically related grouped new austric superstock hayes claims diachronic changes affecting proto austroasiatic obscure conceal linkage ancient consonants modern reflexes changes contributed difficulty establishing lexical connection austroasiatic austronesian paper describes details four plre phonological shifts palatalization spirantization assibilation voicing took place early history austroasiatic language family causing massive mutations consonant system dipankar moral north east india linguistic area delineates seven indian states 220 languages belonging indo european sino tibetan austroasiatic families linguistic area distinct rest india lists common linguistic characteristics phonological grammatical lexical features bolster argument areal uniqueness read paper conjunction simon paper noted michel ferlus le maleng bro et le vietnamien describes phonology morphology maleng bro viet muong language spoken khammouan laos data maleng sheds light viet muong linguistic history especially syllable structure ancient morphology vietnamese development tones david filbeck protasis apodosis construction mal gives structural functional description topiccomment syntactic pattern mal mon khmer language spoken northern thailand sujaritlak deepadung suriya ratanakul final particles conversational mal thin discuss status question mood sentence final particles ban sakat klang dialect mal dai qingxia liu yan analysis tones guangka subdialect deang present synchronic description analysis guangka tones compare guangka deang dialects without tones deang mon khmer language spoken southwest yunnan china study contributes understanding development tone systems mon khmer languages theraphan l thongkum place lawi harak tariang within bahnaric presents results field work mon khmer languages spoken sekong province laos ethnolinguistic data word lists included lawi classified west bahnaric language place harak tariang within bahnaric unclear present natalja spatar imperative constructions cambodian notes cambodian imperative paradigm consists four categories 1st person sg pl 2nd person 3rd person center paradigm 2nd person imperative forms imperative marker except oj used 2nd person imperative 2nd person imperatives used without marker without subject suwilai premsrirat linguistic contributions study northern khmer language thailand last two decades surveys linguistic work major developments recent research conducted khmer cambodian spoken thailand 3 page bibliography included sophana srichampa serial verb constructions vietnamese examines specific verb construction vietnamese sequence verbs occurring together nonovert subject nonovert object within framework government binding theory zhou zhizhi yan qixiang genetic affiliation vietnamese reopen old debate concerning whether vietnamese tai austroasiatic chinese language compare 159 basic vocabulary items vietnamese thai zhuang tai languages wa blang palaung austroasiatic languages focusing 40 cognate rate wa examine phonetic grammatical similarities vietnamese wa confirm vietnamese indeed austroasiatic language simon first looking paul k benedict sino tibetan uses benedict 1972 starting point compare khasi mon khmer language spoken assam tibeto burman huffman 1990 mon kur wordlists paper read conjunction moral paper noted david bradley eat grain crops burmic groups follows benedict 1972 1975 takes closer look reconstruction words various grain crops within burmic subgroup sino tibetan bradley draws conclusions implications reconstruction original homeland burmic tibeto burman sino tibetan groups james matisoff dayang pumi phonology adumbrations comparative qiangic analyzes pumi complex phonology tones great detail discusses pumi place qiangic family notes much internal reconstruction necessary details complex initial rhymecorrespondences figured pumi tai language spoken yunnan china helen potopova semantic characteristics tibetan honorific forms focuses words taking honorific prefixes original meanings anatomical terms tibetan choice use honorific form opposed neutral form determined social stratification situation communication act semantic lexical evidence presented george bedell causatives clause union lai chin examines causative constructions lai within generative framework lai also called hakha chin spoken chin state myanmar burma ilia peiros lolo burmese linguistic archaeology discusses linguistic data suggest speakers proto lolo burmese plb three main issues discussed 1 localization plb homeland 2 absolute dating disintegration plb homeland 3 features plb cultural reconstruction peiros proposes 38003600 years ago highly developed culture flourished yunnan connected sub himalayan cultures southeast asian appendix plb cultural lexicon k nagaraja kinship terms konyak naga data paper listing kinship terminology collected konyak naga tibeto burman language nagaland state india jerold edmonson kenneth j gregerson outlying kam tai notes ta mit laha offer recent field notes primarily phonology laha kadai language spoken northern vietnam brief overview laha ethnolinguistic history along comparative comments rather large shared vocabulary tai branch conclude laha language ta mit township prove useful future work deciphering history outlier kadai languages wave form pitch trajectory two words illustrated map showing laha groups vietnam china useful luo yongxian expanding proto tai lexicon supplement li 1977 examines sizable number new cognate sets substantially expands li seminal 1977 work using lexical classification new cognates sets arranged semantic field nature environment agricultural terms etc implications lexical classification subgrouping tai langauges discussed cognates rates tabulated qin xiaohang evolution initial consonant clusters pl kl ml hongshiuhe vernacular zhuang analyzes historical evolution initial consonant clusters pl kl ml hongshuihe vernacular northern dialect zhuang tai language spoken guangxi zhuang autonomous region china udom warotamasikkhadit fronting backing topicalization thai observes thai topicalization occur beginning middle end sentence illustrative sentences given concluded topicalization closely related emphasis apiluck tumtavitikul reflection x category thai questions whether intermediate level x category thai evidence presented existence x thai particular n v probably p well similar kind argumentation applied concluding discussion implications martha ratliff hmong mien demonstratives pattern persistence examines persistence 3 way personoriented demonstrative system hmong mien miao yao family hmong daw white hmong demonstrative ko thatnear discussed detail ratliff comments implications pattern persistence relation southeast asia areal types relexification hmong mien austro tai christiane cormo towards constructivist approach japanese passive recategorizes japanese passive verbs according pronominal approach constructivist framework joseph f kess tadao miyamoto psycholinguistic aspects hanji processing chinese explore psycholinguistic dimensions logographic hanji character processing linguistic recognition chinese review current literature subject attempt synthesize conflicting explanations offered two opposing theoretical models chinese lexical access word recognition architecture chinese mental lexicon final paper volume ernest w lee austronesian ordinary speakers austronesian languages demonstrates pedagogical technique introducing notion protolanguage daughter languages nonlinguist austronesian speakers solomon islands vanuatu using roglai vietnam maguindanao philippines cognates errata two articles appeared mks 26 publications list institute language culture rural development mahidol university complete issue soliciting compiling editing articles inclusion dedicatory special issues journals difficult editors mks done admirable job last three volumes criticism papers e g ratliff cormo works cited referenced bibliography making difficult follow interesting topic bibliography benedict paul k 1972 sino tibetan conspectus james matisoff contributing ed cambridge cambridge university press benedict paul k 1975 austro thai language culture new human relations area files huffman franklin e 1990 burmese mon thai mon nyah kur synchronic comparison mks 1617 3184 li fang kuei 1977 handbook comparative tai oceanic linguistics special publications 15 honolulu university press hawaii author review neil h olsen information planner salt lake city corporation earned linguistics university utah 1994 olsen adjunct instructor english language institute university utah linguistic interests focus south bahnaric languages field work koho speakers vietnam 196768 north carolina 1997 currently working koho grammar dictionary