Description
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.
Table of Contents
PART 1: Overview Chapters
C01 Sino-Tibetan: genetic and areal subgroups - Graham Thurgood
C02 Overview of Sino-Tibetan morphosyntax - Randy J. LaPolla
C03 Word order in Sino-Tibetan languages from a typological and geographical perspective - Matthew S. Dryer
PART 2: Sinitic
C04 The Sinitic languages: phonology - Zev Handel
C05 The Sinitic languages: grammar - Anne O. Yue
C06 The characteristics of Mandarin dialects - Dah-an Ho
C07 Cantonese - Robert S. Bauer and Stephen Matthews
C08 Shanghainese - Eric Zee and Liejiong Xu
C09 Chinese writing - Mark Hansell
PART 3: Tibeto-Burman
§3.1: Languages of NE India
C10 The Tibeto-Burman languages of Northeastern India - Mark W. Post and Robbins Burling
C11 Garo - Robbins Burling
C12 Hakha Lai - David A. Peterson
C13 Mongsen Ao - Alexander R. Coupe
C14 Karbi - Linda Konnerth
C15 Tani languages - Mark W. Post and Jackson T.-S. Sun
C16 Meithei - Shobhana Chelliah
C17 Tangsa - Stephen D. Morey
§3.2: Bodish languages
C18 Classical Tibetan - Scott DeLancey
C19 Lhasa Tibetan - Scott DeLancey
C20 Kurtöp - Gwendolyn Hyslop
C21 Tshangla - Erik Andvik
C22 Dolakhae Newar - Carol Genetti
C23 Kathmandu Newar (Nepāl Bhāṣā) - David Hargreaves
§3.3: Tamangic
C24 Tamang - Martine Mazaudon
C25 Chantyal - Mickey Noonan and Kristine A. Hildebrandt
C26 Manange - Kristine Hildebrandt and Oliver Bond
C27 Nar Phu - Mickey Noonan and Kristine A. Hildebrandt
§3.4 Rung languages
§3.4.1: Rgyalrong languages
C28 Tshobdun rGyalrong - Jackson T.-S. Sun
C29 Cogtse rGyarong - Yasuhiko Nagano
C30 Stau (Ergong, Horpa) - Guillaume Jacques, Lai Yunfan, Anton Antonov and Lobsang Nima
C31 Japhug - Guillaume Jacques
§3.4.2: Rawang-Dulong-Anong
C32 Dulong - Randy J. LaPolla
§3.4.3: Kiranti
C33 Kiranti languages - Boyd Michailovsky
C34 Hayu - Boyd Michailovsky
C35 Belhare - Balthasar Bickel
C36 Camling - Karen H. Ebert
C37 Wambule Rai - Jean Robert Opgenort
§3.4.4: Western Himalayan
C38 Sangla Kinnauri - Anju Saxena
§3.5: Qiangic
C39 Qiang - Randy J. LaPolla
C40 Prinmi - Picus Sizhi Ding
C41 Tangut - Gong Hwang-cherng
C42 Lizu [Ersu] - Katia Chirkova
§3.6: Naic [Naxi]
C43 Yongning Na (Mosuo) - Liberty A. Lidz
§3.7: Lolo-Burmese
C44 Burmese - Julian K. Wheatley
C45 Zaiwa - Zhu Yanhua
C46 Akha - Inga-Lill Hansson
C47 Lisu - David Bradley
C48 James Matisoff Lahu
§3.8: Karenic
C49 Eastern Kayah Li - David Solnit
C50 Pwo Karen - Atsuhiko Kato
§3.9: Other languages
C51 Lepcha - Heleen Plaisier
C52 Tujia - Shixuan Xu, Meiyan Lu and Hongyan Hu
C53 Jinghpaw - Keita Kurabe
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