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Himalayan languages and linguistics : studies in phonology, semantics, morphology and syntax / edited by Mark Turin and Bettina Zeisler.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 5/12.
- Brill's Tibetan studies library. Languages of the greater Himalayan region
- Brill's Tibetan studies library, 1568-6183 ; v. 5/12. Languages of the greater Himalayan region
- Language:
- English
- Multiple languages
- Subjects (All):
- Tibeto-Burman languages.
- Himalaya Mountains Region--Languages.
- Himalaya Mountains Region.
- Language and languages.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 322 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
- Summary:
- The nine essays of this volume offer an important addition to the scholarship, with an overview essay on the region's unparalleled linguistic riches (by George van Driem) followed by studies describing research in phonology and script, semantics, and morphology and syntax. Individual topics include the need for standardized systems of transcription, by Heleen Plaisier; an analysis using both linguistics and philology of the Old Tibetan legal and ritual term khrin, by Brandon Dotson; and an overview of the dialects of Upper Ladakh and Zanskar, by Bettina Zeisler. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9004194487
- 9789004194489
- OCLC:
- 709890522
- Publisher Number:
- 99945167575
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