| Translating Buddhism from Tibetan: An Introduction to the Tibetan Literary Language and the Translation of Buddhist Texts from Tibetan Contributor(s): Wilson, Joe B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0937938343 ISBN-13: 9780937938348 Publisher: Snow Lion Publications OUR PRICE: $76.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 1992 Annotation: The grammar, syntax, and technical vocabulary of classical Tibetan used in Buddhist works. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Southeast Asian Languages (see Also Vietnamese) - Foreign Language Study | Indic Languages |
| Dewey: 495.482 |
| LCCN: 92009582 |
| Physical Information: 1.94" H x 7.76" W x 9.46" (3.56 lbs) 816 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This complete textbook on classical Tibetan is suitable for beginning or intermediate students. It begins with rules for reading writing and pronouncing Tibetan, gradually carrying the reader through the patterns seen in the formation of words and into the repeating patterns of Tibetan phrases, clauses, and sentences. Students with prior experience will find the seven appendices--which review the rules of pronunciation grammar and syntax--provide an indispensable reference. It balances traditional Tibetan grammatical and syntactic analysis with a use of terminology that reflects English preconceptions about sentence structure. Based on the system developed by Jeffrey Hopkins at the Unversity of Virginia, this book presents in lessons with drills and reading exercises a practical introduction to Tibetan grammar syntax and technical vocabulary used in Buddhist works on philosophy and meditation. An extremely well designed learning system, it serves as an introduction to reading and translating and to Buddhist philosophy and meditation. Through easily memorizable paradigms the student comes to recognize and understand the recurrent patterns of the Tibetan language. Each chapter contains a vocabulary full of helpful Buddhist terms. |