Sociohistorical linguistics in Southeast Asia. New horizons for Tibeto-Burman Studies in honor of David Bradley / picus Sizhi Ding; Jamin Pelkey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sizhi Ding, Picus.

Pelkey, Jamin.

Series:

Brill's Tibetan Studies Library 20.

Brill's Tibetan Studies Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tibeto-Burman languages.

Sociolinguistics--Southeast Asia.

Sociolinguistics.

Historical linguistics--Southeast Asia.

Historical linguistics.

Bradley, David, 1947-.

Bradley, David.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Koninklijke Brill NV, 2017.

Summary:

Sociohistorical Linguistics in Southeast Asia blends insights from sociolinguistics, descriptive linguistics and historical-comparative linguistics to shed new light on regional Tibeto-Burman language varieties and their relationships across spatial, temporal and cultural differences. The approach is inspired by leading Tibeto-Burmanist, David Bradley, to whom the book is dedicated. The volume includes twelve original research essays written by eleven Tibeto-Burmanists drawing on first-hand field research in five countries to explore Tibeto-Burman languages descended from seven internal sub-branches. Following two introductory chapters, each contribution is focused on a specific Tibeto-Burman language or sub-branch, collectively contributing to the literature on language identification, language documentation, typological analysis, historical-comparative classification, linguistic theory, and language endangerment research with new analyses, state-of-the-art summaries and contemporary applications.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Picus Sizhi Ding and Jamin Pelkey

David Bradley and Tibeto-Burman sociohistory: an introduction / J. Pelkey and P. S. Ding

The so-called prefixes of Tibeto-Burman, and why they are so called / J. A. Matisoff

Dialect diversity and language resilience: The geolinguistics of Phuza vitality / J. Pelkey

Language endangerment and loss of traditional knowledge: The case of Prinmi / P. S. Ding

Introducing Limi: A rising tone is born / C. Yang

Medial changes in Jino dialects / N. Hayashi

Family group classifiers in Khatso / C. Donlay

The morphology of numerals and classifiers in Japhug / G. Jacques

The characteristics of the Karen branch of Tibeto-Burman / K. Manson

The sociolinguistic context of the Tangsa languages / S. Morey

On Kuki-Chin subgrouping / D. A. Peterson

On the diachronic origins of converbs in tibeto-burman and beyond / A. R. Coupe

Toponym index / Picus Sizhi Ding and Jamin Pelkey

Language index / Picus Sizhi Ding and Jamin Pelkey

Subject index / Picus Sizhi Ding and Jamin Pelkey.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789004350519

9004350519

OCLC:

994145956

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004350519 DOI