Mon-Khmer Studies: A Journal of Southeast Asian Languages and Cultures

Mon-Khmer Studies is a series published jointly by Mahidol University at Salaya, Thailand and SIL International®Mon-Khmer Studies is a journal devoted to the study of Austroasiatic languages and the cultures of their Mon-Khmer and Munda speakers. Mon-Khmer Studies is produced annually and welcomes articles or notes on linguistics, cultural description, comparison, bibliography, historical development, sociolinguistics, stylistics, orthography, paleography, and other relevant topics. Mon-Khmer Studies may on occasion publish articles that concern other languages, which advance our understanding of the nature, history, and development of the Austroasiatic family. Table of ContentsEditorial NoteAbbreviations ARTICLES Nguyen, T. ANH-THU'Rhythmic pattern and corrective focus in Vietnamese polysyllabic words Felix AHLNERBody part terms in KammuPogibenko TAMARACopula of identity in Old KhmerNIRAMON SuwangardMetaphors in the La L s m l poetryAlexis MICHAUD, André-Georges HAUDRICOURTThe origin of the peculiarities of the Vietnamese alphabetPaul SIDWELLCua (Kor) historical phonology and classificationCHOMMANAD IntajamornrakTai Loanwords in Mal: A Minority language of ThailandPITTAYAWAT PittayapornEstablishing relative chronology of Palaung sound changes using Tai LoanwordsDaniel HUBEROn khw-f alternations in Bangkok Thai and other Tai languagesSAOWAPA PornsiripongseReligious syncretism in healing non-communicable diseases:the role of folk healer monksREVIEWS, BIBLIOGRAPHYBook ReviewsNorman H. ZIDE Review of Korku Language: Grammar, Texts and Vocabulary, by K.S. Nagaraja, Institute for the Study of Languages of Asia and Africa, TokyoUniversity of Foreign Studies, 1999, 336 pages.Conference ReportsAmarjiva LOCHANThe 3nd SSEASR Conference, 3-6 June 2009, BaliDinh Lu GiangThe 19th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society