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

• Superior document: Brill's Tibetan studies library ; 5/12
• TeilnehmendeR: Turin, Mark.; Zeisler, Bettina.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Tibetan studies library ; 5/12.; Languages of the greater Himalayan region.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (330 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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.

Table of 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.