A grammar of Lepcha / / by Heleen Plaisier.
The Lepcha language has been shrouded in a veil of tantalising mystique ever since Colonel George Mainwaring in the 1870's disseminated the myth that Lepcha was the most perfect of tongues and represented the primordial language of men and fairies. The present book is the first ever comprehensi...
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| Superior document: | Brill's Tibetan studies library. Languages of the greater Himalayan region, v. 5/5 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill's Tibetan studies library ;
v. 5/5. Brill's Tibetan studies library. Languages of the greater Himalayan region. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material / H. Plaisier
- Chapter One. Introduction / H. Plaisier
- Chapter Two. Phonology And Orthography / H. Plaisier
- Chapter Three. Parts Of Speech / H. Plaisier
- Chapter Four. Nominal Morphology / H. Plaisier
- Chapter Five. Verbal Morphology / H. Plaisier
- Chapter Six. Clause-Final Particles, Coordination And Subordination / H. Plaisier
- Text One The Mountain Devil / H. Plaisier
- Text Two The Story Of The Jackal / H. Plaisier
- Text Three The Great King Gyebú / H. Plaisier
- Text Four Two Lepcha Girls / H. Plaisier
- Text Five The Legendary Mânsalóng / H. Plaisier
- Text Six Zónggú / H. Plaisier
- Glossary / H. Plaisier
- Bibliography / H. Plaisier
- Index / H. Plaisier.