Trans-Himalayan linguistics / edited by Thomas Owen-Smith and Nathan W. Hill.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hill, Nathan Wayne, editor of compilation.

Owen-Smith, Thomas, 1982- editor of compilation.

Series:

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; volume 266.

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs, 1861-4302 ; volume 266

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tibeto-Burman languages--History.

Historical linguistics.

Himalaya Mountains Region--Languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (452 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Himalaya and surrounding regions are amongst the world's most linguistically diverse places. Of an estimated 600 languages spoken here at Asia's heart, few are researched in depth and many virtually undocumented. Historical developments and relationships between the region's languages also remain poorly understood. This book brings together new work on under-researched Himalayan languages with investigations into the complexities of the area's linguistic history, offering original data and perspectives on the synchrony and diachrony of the Greater Himalayan Region.The volume arises from papers given and topics discussed at the 16th Himalayan Languages Symposium in London in 2010. Most papers focus on Tibeto-Burman languages. These include topics relating to individual - mostly small and endangered - languages, such as Tilung, Shumcho, Rengmitca, Yongning Na and Tshangla; comparative research on the Tibetic, East Bodish and Tamangic language groups; and several papers whose scope covers the whole language family. The remaining paper deals with the origins of Burushaski, whose genetic affiliation remains uncertain.This book will be of special interest to scholars of Tibeto-Burman, and historical as well as general linguists.

Contents:

Trans-Himalayan / George van Driem

Creolization in the divergence of the Tibeto-Burman languages / Scott DeLancey

Rethinking Sino-Tibetan phylogeny from the perspective of North East Indian languages / Roger Blench and Mark W. Post

The Tibetic languages and their classification / Nicolas Tournadre

Internal diversity in the Tamangic lexicon / Isao Honda

A preliminary reconstruction of East Bodish / Gwendolyn Hyslop

Burushaski kinship terminology of Indo-European origin / Ilija Čašule

Subject and object agreement in Shumcho / Christian Huber

The tone patterns of numeral-plus-classifier phrases in Yongning Na : a synchronic description and analysis / Alexis Michaud

Rengmitca : the most endangered Kuki-Chin language of Bangladesh / David A. Peterson

Initial grammatical sketch of Tilung / Jean Robert Opgenort

Tshangla phonology and a standard Tshangla orthography / Tim Bodt.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110310832

OCLC:

979955102