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A grammar of the Thangmi language : with an ethnolinguistic introduction to the speakers and their culture / by Mark Turin.
Penn Museum Library PL3801.T41 G73 2012 v.1-2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Turin, Mark.
- Series:
- Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 5/6.
- Brill's Tibetan studies library. Languages of the greater Himalayan region
- Brill's Tibetan Studies Library ; 5/6
- Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thami language--Grammar.
- Thami language.
- Endangered languages.
- Anthropological linguistics.
- Language and languages.
- Grammar.
- Nepal--Languages--Variation.
- Nepal.
- Anthropological linguistics--Nepal.
- Endangered languages--Nepal.
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes (xxxiv, 958 pages) : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
- Summary:
- Based on his fieldwork in a Thangmi-speaking region in Nepal as part of a Himalayan Languages Project,, Turin (descriptive and comparative linguistics, Leiden U., the Netherlands) presents a valuable contribution to understanding the grammar and ethnolinguistic context of this endangered Tibeto-Burman language and its speakers. V.1 features a map of the location of Thangmi-speaking communities in Nepal; a description and analysis of the language's morphophonological and other features; summary of previous scholarship; and figures and tables with demographic, grammatical, and kinship information. V.2 contains transcribed oral texts representing a range of speech styles from casual conversations to recordings of shamans' narratives on the origins of their ethnic community, a lexicon of both dialects with sample sentences with Nepali translations in some cases, kinship charts, a bibliography, and the index for both volumes. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- V. 1: Ethnography and grammar
- v. 2. Lexicon and texts.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9004155260
- 9789004155268
- 9789004223745
- 9004223746
- 9789004223752
- 9004223754
- OCLC:
- 148588227
- Publisher Number:
- 99947909342
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