Languages Of The Greater Himalayan Region Volume 6 A Grammar Of The Thangmi Language 2 Vols

Author : Mark Turin
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 1002 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-12-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004223769

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Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region, Volume 6: A Grammar of the Thangmi Language (2 vols) by Mark Turin Pdf

This monograph is a grammar of Thangmi, an endangered Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the districts of Dolakha and Sindhupalcok in central-eastern Nepal. The language is spoken by upwards of 30,000 people belonging to an ethnic group of the same name. The Thangmi are one of Nepal’s least documented communities. These two volumes include a grammatical description of the Dolakha dialect of Thangmi, a collection of glossed oral texts and a comprehensive lexicon with relevant examples. In addition, the reader will find an extensive ethnolinguistic introduction to the speakers and their culture. For students and scholars of anthropology and linguistics, this study is a compelling illustration of the interweaving of these disciplines in the context of Himalayan studies. With financial support of the International Institute for Asian Studies (www.iias.nl).

Author : Christopher Moseley
Publisher : UNESCO
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789231040962

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Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger by Christopher Moseley Pdf

Languages are not only tools of communication, they also reflect a view of the world. Languages are vehicles of value systems and cultural expressions and are an essential component of the living heritage of humanity. Yet, many of them are in danger of disappearing. UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger tries to raise awareness on language endangerment. This third edition has been completely revised and expanded to include new series of maps and new points of view.

Author : Christina Willis Oko
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004409491

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A Grammar of Darma by Christina Willis Oko Pdf

A Grammar of Darma provides a comprehensive description of this threatened Tibeto-Burman language spoken in India’s Himalayan region. The description is based on a corpus that includes natural discourse and elicited data. The analysis is informed by a functional-typological framework.

Author : Hongkai Sun,Guangkun Liu
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789047430308

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Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region, Volume 9 A Grammar of Anong by Hongkai Sun,Guangkun Liu Pdf

A work that will be of interest to those interested in typology, language history, and contact induced change, this book documents the radical restructuring of Anong over the last 40 years under intense contact with Lisu.

Author : Dörte Borchers
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2008-05-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789047433491

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Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region, Volume 7 A Grammar of Sunwar by Dörte Borchers Pdf

This description of Sunwar, spoken in eastern Nepal, offers an overview of the language, the culture of its speakers, a collection of glossed texts and a glossary; and it shows how suffix conjugations developed as the result of language contact.

Author : John T. King
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 633 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789047429173

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Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region, Volume 8 A Grammar of Dhimal by John T. King Pdf

This groundbreaking reference work is a linguistic description of the western dialect of Dhimal, a hitherto little-known and endangered Tibeto-Burman language spoken by approximately 20,000 individuals of the same name in the lowlands of southeastern Nepal and northeastern India.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:746577616

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Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region, Volume 9 A Grammar of Anong by Anonim Pdf

Author : Heleen Plaisier
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2006-11-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789047411598

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Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region, Volume 5 A Grammar of Lepcha by Heleen Plaisier Pdf

IJCS comprises studies in various cultures on a comparative basis with the aim of reaching a common level of abstraction.

Author : Umbavu Joseph
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 892 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2006-12-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789047404699

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Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region, Volume 1 Rabha by Umbavu Joseph Pdf

The Rabha’s inhabit the plains on both sides of the Brahmaputra river in Assam, in the North East of India. Their language is Rabha, a member of the Tibeto-Burman language family. This is the first ever comprehensive grammar of the Róngdani dialect of Rabha, as spoken in, a.o., the Rabha heartlands. Based on extensive field work by the author, this work is yet another significant step in the meticulous task of piecing together the jigsaw of Himalayan languages as undertaken by George van Driem and his team. Given the steady decline of the Rabha language in favour of Assamese, all those interested in the language and history of the Himalayas and Northern India will welcome this volume. With a Rabha dictionary/vocabulary, and a series of key Rabha texts shedding light on its people’s customs. With financial support of the International Institute of Asian Studies.

Author : Gerard Tolsma
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2006-05-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789047418160

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Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region, Volume 4: A Grammar of Kulung by Gerard Tolsma Pdf

This book is the first description of Kulung, a complex-pronominalising Kiranti (Tibeto-Burman) language spoken in eastern Nepal. This grammar of Kulung is an exhaustive reference work for Tibeto-Burman linguistics, language typology, and linguistic theory.

Author : George van Driem
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 924 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004514928

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Languages of the Himalayas by George van Driem Pdf

Author : Anju Saxena
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110898873

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Himalayan Languages by Anju Saxena Pdf

With its many and diverse languages, including some with very long documented histories, its cultural diversity, and its widespread multilingualism- both the stable and transient kind- the Himalayan region is a treasure trove of empirical data for linguistic research on language typology and universals, historical linguistics, language contact and areal linguistics. Himalayan Languages contains contributions on Himalayan linguistics written by some of the leading experts in the field. The volume is divided into three parts: First, a general overview is given of the linguistic study of Himalayan languages and language communities. The second part offers synchronic studies of individual languages of the region (Indo-Aryan languages Shina and Kalasha, and Tibeto-Burman languages Belhare, Magar, Kinnauri, Classical Tibetan and Thangmi). The papers in the third part of the volume address topics in historical and areal linguistics, with an emphasis on the Tibeto-Burman languages of the region, discussing grammaticalization processes (in Sunwar, Newar, Seke, Tshangla and Bantawa) and the subgrouping of Tibeto-Burman.

Author : George van Driem
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:313991369

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Languages of the greater Himalayan region by George van Driem Pdf

Author : Thomas Grahame Bailey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-16
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781108063777

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Languages of the Northern Himalayas by Thomas Grahame Bailey Pdf

This pioneering 1908 work on northern Himalayan dialects is a compilation of separately printed studies.

Author : Thomas Owen-Smith,Nathan Hill
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110310832

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Trans-Himalayan Linguistics by Thomas Owen-Smith,Nathan Hill Pdf

The Himalaya and surrounding regions are amongst the world's most linguistically diverse places. Of an estimated 600 languages spoken here at Asia's heart, few are researched in depth and many virtually undocumented. Historical developments and relationships between the region's languages also remain poorly understood. This book brings together new work on under-researched Himalayan languages with investigations into the complexities of the area's linguistic history, offering original data and perspectives on the synchrony and diachrony of the Greater Himalayan Region. The volume arises from papers given and topics discussed at the 16th Himalayan Languages Symposium in London in 2010. Most papers focus on Tibeto-Burman languages. These include topics relating to individual - mostly small and endangered - languages, such as Tilung, Shumcho, Rengmitca, Yongning Na and Tshangla; comparative research on the Tibetic, East Bodish and Tamangic language groups; and several papers whose scope covers the whole language family. The remaining paper deals with the origins of Burushaski, whose genetic affiliation remains uncertain. This book will be of special interest to scholars of Tibeto-Burman, and historical as well as general linguists.