Himalayan languages and linguistics : studies in phonology, semantics, morphology and syntax / edited by Mark Turin and Bettina Zeisler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Turin, Mark.

Zeisler, Bettina.

Series:

Brill's Tibetan studies library ; 5/12.

Languages of the greater Himalayan region.

Brill's Tibetan studies library ; 5/12

Languages of the greater Himalayan region

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tibeto-Burman languages.

Himalaya Mountains Region--Languages.

Himalaya Mountains Region.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Himalayan Languages and Linguistics gathers together nine outstanding and original contributions on the Tibeto-Burman and Indo-Aryan languages of this important and culturally diverse mountainous area. Filling a marked gap in our understanding of the languages of this underdocumented region, the collection offers a snapshot of the state of the field of Himalayan language research and linguistic comparison. Drawing on primary fieldwork in China, India, Nepal and Pakistan, as well as on comparative sources, the new analyses outlined in these contributions will interest a readership of linguists, philologists, anthropologists, historians, lexicographers and specialists in the languages and cultures of Inner and South Asia. Contributions cover topics as diverse as linguistic palaeontology, orthographical standardisation, dialectology, phonology, morphology, semantics and syntax.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / M. Turin and B. Zeisler

Introduction / Mark Turin and Bettina Zeisler

Lost In The Sands Of Time Somewhere North Of The Bay Of Bengal / George Van Driem

A Key To Four Transcription Systems Of Lepcha / Heleen Plaisier

Dialectal Particularities Of Sogpho Tibetan – An Introduction To The “Twenty-Four Villages’ Patois” / Hiroyuki Suzuki

On The Old Tibetan Term Khrin In The Legal And Ritual Lexicons / Brandon Dotson

A Functional Analysis Of Adjectives In Newar / Kazuyuki Kiryu

The Role Of Animacy In The Verbal Morphology Of Dongwang Tibetan / Ellen Bartee

The Sampang Verbal Agreement System / René Huysmans

Ergativity In Kundal Shahi, Kashmiri And Hindko / Khawaja A. Rehman

Kenhat, The Dialects Of Upper Ladakh And Zanskar / Bettina Zeisler

Index / M. Turin and B. Zeisler.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-16116-8

9786613161161

90-04-21653-7

OCLC:

742350338

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004194489.i-322 DOI