| Medieval Tibeto-Burman Languages: Proceedings of the Ninth Seminar of the Iats, 2000. Volume 6 Contributor(s): Beckwith, Christopher (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004124241 ISBN-13: 9789004124240 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $102.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2002 Annotation: This book on the pre-modern Tibeto-Burman languages represents a movement to establish a field of Tibeto-Burman comparative-historical linguistics according to the classical Indo-European model. The book contains papers by T. Takeuchi on Old Zhang-zhung, A. Zadoks on Old Tibetan, K. Tamot on Early Classical Newari; C. Beckwith on Pyu, R. Yanson on Old Burmese, S. Chelliah and S. Ray on Early Meithei, D. Bradley on Tibeto-Burman, and C. Beckwith on Sino-Tibetan. Glossaries of several early Tibeto-Burman languages are included. It provides information, not found in any other source, on early Tibeto-Burman literary languages and their position within Tibeto-Burman as well as their relationship to Chinese and other languages. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Southeast Asian Languages (see Also Vietnamese) - Architecture | Interior Design - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 495.4 |
| LCCN: 2001056608 |
| Series: Brill's Tibetan Studies Library / Proceedings of the Ninth S |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.34" W x 9.52" (1.18 lbs) 212 pages |