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Medieval Tibeto-Burman languages / edited by Christopher I. Beckwith.
Van Pelt Library PL3551 .M38 2000 1-2 4
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- International Association for Tibetan Studies.
- Series:
- Brill's Tibetan studies library 1568-6183 ; v. 2/6, 10/1.
- Brill's Tibetan studies library, 1568-6183 ; v. 2/6, 10/1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tibeto-Burman languages--Congresses.
- Tibeto-Burman languages.
- Tibeto-Burman languages--History--1500-1700--Congresses.
- History.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- volumes ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002-
- Summary:
- Some of the 15 essays are from the latest in a series of symposia held in London under the auspices of the International Association for Tibetan Studies; others have been solicited from other scholars of the language family. Comparative historical linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman languages is a very new field compared to that of larger and better known language families, and some of the extinct languages are barely known. The topics include a diachronic account of aspiration in the Burmese phonological system, highlights in the decipherment of the Nam language, verbs of existence in Tangut and Mu-nya, features of the Tangut consonant system as reflected in Sanskrit-Tangut transliterations, and the origin of the headless script (dbu med) in Tibet. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- [1] PIATS 2000 : Tibetan studies : proceedings of the ninth Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Leiden 2000
- 2. PIATS 2003 : Tibetan studies : proceedings of the tenth Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Oxford 2003
- 4. [No special title. From back cover "... six papers on Tangut, three on Tibertan, and one each on the languages Mon, Burmese, Lepcha, Pyu, Nam, and Yi."]
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9004124241
- 9789004124240
- 9004150145
- 9789004150140
- OCLC:
- 48613556
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