The Historical Phonology of Tibetan, Burmese, and Chinese
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Nathan W. Hill (Author)
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The discovery of sound laws by comparing attested languages is the method which has unlocked the history of European languages stretching back thousands of years before the appearance of written records, e.g. Latin p- corresponds to English f- (pes, foot; primus, first; plenus, full). Although Burmese, Chinese, and Tibetan have long been regarded as related, the systematic exploration of their shared history has never before been attempted. Tracing the history of these three languages using just such sound laws, this book sheds light on the prehistoric language from which they descend. Written for readers with little linguistic knowledge of these languages, but fully explicit and copiously indexed for the specialist, this work will serve as the bedrock for future progress in the study of these languages.
About the Author
Nathan Hill is Reader in Tibetan and Historical Linguistics and chair of the School of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. His books include A Lexicon of Tibetan Verb Stems as Reported by the Grammatical Tradition (2010) and Old Tibetan Inscriptions (2009) co-authored with Kazushi Iwao.
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- Contributor: Nathan W. Hill
- Imprint: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN13: 9781107146488
- Number of Pages: 316
- Packaged Dimensions: 157x234x26mm
- Packaged Weight: 700
- Format: Hardback
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Release Date: 2019-08-08
- Binding: Hardback
- Biography: Nathan Hill is Reader in Tibetan and Historical Linguistics and chair of the School of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. His books include A Lexicon of Tibetan Verb Stems as Reported by the Grammatical Tradition (2010) and Old Tibetan Inscriptions (2009) co-authored with Kazushi Iwao.
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