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C O N T E N T S Introduction 1 Part I: Structure 8 Part II: Indic Elements 70 Part III: Glossary 91 Appendix 587 Footnotes 608

Indic Loanwords in Spoken Thai: William J. Gedney, 1947 The acknowledged father of modern Tai linguistics, Gedney's PhD thesis was the first formal, large-scale study of Pali and Sanskrit loans in modern Thai.  Gedney's thesis differed from contemporary Thai analyses by ignoring orthography, and instead focusing on predictable, regular, phonemic change.  A half-century later, Gedney still provids an unequalled picture of Thai's historical development. See also William J. Gedney Collection of Thai Material (OCLC 48705616). The detailed table of contents below is linked to a set of (unbundled) DjVu files.  Note that the front matter is stored in the last few files in order to preserve the original page numbering for the body of the thesis.  Unfortunately, this is a 4th or 5th generation copy, and quality of some pages may vary.   Title Page (614 = i) Abstract (615 = ii) Acknowledgments (616 = iii) Contents (617 = iv) Introduction 1 Part I. The Structure of Spoken Thai 8     The Sound System 9         Segmental Structure 10             Vowels 11             Initial Consonants 14             Final Consonants 20         Tonal Structure 23         Junctural Features 26     Grammatical Structure 29         Syntax 31         Morphology 50 Part II. The Indic Element in Thai 70     Sound Correspondences 77         Consonants 78         Vowels 88 Part III. Glossary 91 Appendix 587 Footnotes 608