A grammar of Dhimal / by John T. King.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

King John T., 1960-

Series:

Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 5/8.

Brill's Tibetan studies library. Languages of the greater Himalayan region.

Brill's Tibetan studies library. Languages of the greater Himalayan region, 1568-6183 ; v. 5/8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dhimal language--Grammar.

Dhimal language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (633 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The present work, a grammar of Dhimal, fills an important void in the documentation of the vast and ramified Tibeto-Burman language family. Dhimal, a little known and endangered tongue spoken in the lowlands of southeastern Nepal by about 20,000 individuals, is detailed in this work. With data gathered in the village of Āṭhiyābārī, the author crafts a readable description of the western dialect, using over 1000 examples to illustrate usage. Included in this reference work are seventeen texts, riddles, songs and a Dhimal-English glossary. Joining other recent ground-breaking linguistic descriptions by researchers from the Himalayan Languages Project at Leiden University, this grammar of Dhimal will have lasting scientific value and aid the Dhimal community in preserving their language.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / J.T. King

Chapter One. Introduction / J.T. King

Chapter Two. Phonology / J.T. King

Chapter Three. Nominal Morphology / J.T. King

Chapter Four. Verbal Morphology / J.T. King

Chapter Five. The Sentence / J.T. King

Text One. Courting / J.T. King

Text Two. Catching Rats / J.T. King

Text Three. Hunting Monitor Lizards / J.T. King

Text Four. The Lowland Strong Man / J.T. King

Text Five. The Tiger And The Yogi / J.T. King

Text Six. The Splitting Of The Banana Leaf / J.T. King

Text Seven. The Jackal And The Bear / J.T. King

Text Eight. The Snake Husband / J.T. King

Text Nine. The Boy And The Kings Daughter / J.T. King

Text Ten. The Evil Stepmother / J.T. King

Text Eleven. Where Chickens Come From / J.T. King

Text Twelve. Shit Eater / J.T. King

Text Thirteen. The Sick One / J.T. King

Text Fourteen. Text Fourteen / J.T. King

Text Fifteen. Wedding Ceremony / J.T. King

Text Sixteen. Asare Celebration / J.T. King

Text Seventeen. Later Clan Worship During Parba / J.T. King

Riddles / J.T. King

Songs / J.T. King

Inflexional Paradigms / J.T. King

Kinship Terms / J.T. King

Dhimal-English Glossary / J.T. King

Bibliography / J.T. King.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [609]-612).

ISBN:

1-282-40128-9

9786612401282

90-474-2917-6

OCLC:

570375628

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004175730.i-615 DOI