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

• Superior document: Brill's Tibetan Studies Library
• TeilnehmendeR: Sizhi Ding, Picus.; Pelkey, Jamin.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, 2017.
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Tibetan Studies Library 20.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (286 pages) :; illustrations, maps.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; David Bradley and Tibeto-Burman sociohistory: an introduction /; The so-called prefixes of Tibeto-Burman, and why they are so called /; Dialect diversity and language resilience: The geolinguistics of Phuza vitality /; Language endangerment and loss of traditional knowledge: The case of Prinmi /; Introducing Limi: A rising tone is born /; Medial changes in Jino dialects /; Family group classifiers in Khatso /; The morphology of numerals and classifiers in Japhug /; The characteristics of the Karen branch of Tibeto-Burman /; The sociolinguistic context of the Tangsa languages /; On Kuki-Chin subgrouping /; On the diachronic origins of converbs in tibeto-burman and beyond /; Toponym index /; Language index /; Subject index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
• ISBN: 9004350519
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: picus Sizhi Ding; Jamin Pelkey.

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.