The Sino-Tibetan LanguagesGraham Thurgood, Randy J. LaPolla There are more native speakers of Sino-Tibetan languages than of any other language family in the world. Our records of these languages are among the oldest for any human language, and the amount of active research on them has multiplied in the last few decades. Now in its second edition and fully updated to include new research, The Sino-Tibetan Languages includes overview articles on individual languages, with an emphasis on the less commonly described languages, as well as descriptions and comments on the subgroups in which they occur. There are overviews of the whole family on genetic classification and language contact, syntax and morphology, and also on word order typology. There are also more detailed overview articles on the phonology, morphosyntax, and writing system of just the Sinitic side of the family. Supplementing these overviews are articles on Shanghainese, Cantonese and Mandarin dialects. Tibeto-Burman is reviewed by genetic or geographical sub-group, with overview articles on some of the major groups and areas, and there are also detailed descriptions of 41 individual Tibeto-Burman languages, written by world experts in the field. Designed for students and researchers of Asian languages, The Sino-Tibetan Languages is a detailed overview of the field. This book is invaluable to language students, experts requiring concise, but thorough, information on related languages, and researchers working in historical, typological and comparative linguistics. |
Contents
Classical Tibetan Scott DeLancey | |
Clause and sentence | |
Lhasa Tibetan Scott DeLancey 1 Tibetic languages | |
Phonology 3 Nominals and the noun phrase | |
Verbs | |
The verb | |
Word formation | |
Syntax | |
IduDigaru Tawrã 18 KamanMeyor Midzuish | |
KoroMilang | |
Raute Raji 21 Unsubgrouped languages | |
Conclusion | |
Phonology | |
Overview of SinoTibetan morphosyntax Randy J LaPolla | |
Word order in SinoTibetan languages from a typological and geographical perspective | |
phonology Zev Handel | |
grammar Anne O | |
Nominals and the noun phrase 4 Verbs | |
The characteristics of Mandarin dialects Dahan | |
Cantonese Robert S Bauer and Stephen Matthews | |
Chinese writing Mark Hansell | |
TIBETOBURMAN | |
Garo Robbins Burling | |
Phonology | |
Morphology | |
Karbi Linda Konnerth | |
Tani languages Mark W Post and Jackson T S | |
Meitei Shobhana L Chelliah | |
Tangsa Stephen D Morey | |
SinoTibetan | |
Kurtöp Gwendolyn Hyslop 1 Introduction 2 Background | |
Narrative text | |
Kathmandu Newar Nepāl Bhāṣā David Hargreaves 1 Introduction | |
Phonology | |
Inflectional morphology | |
Word formation | |
Syntax | |
Tamangic 24 Tamang Martine Mazaudon 1 Introduction | |
Phonology | |
Typological summary | |
Basic sentences | |
The noun phrase | |
The verb phrase | |
Complex sentences | |
Comparison 9 Questions | |
Information structure | |
Hakha Lai David A Peterson | |
Morphology | |
Morphosyntax 5 Evidentiality and related categories 21 Tshangla Erik Andvik 1 Introduction | |
Phonology | |
Morphophonemics 4 Noun phrases | |
Syntactic roles 6 Case marking | |
Tenseaspect | |
Word formation | |
Syntax | |
Negation | |