UID:
almahu_9949178868602882
Format:
1 online resource (530 p.)
ISBN:
1-283-31389-8
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9786613313898
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90-272-7906-3
Series Statement:
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, v. 54
Content:
This monograph lays the foundation for a prosodological theory of Tibeto-Burman languages within a comparative and reconstructional framework. It is primarily based on data collections of mostly unknown languages on which the author worked for more than 10 years on several projects.This comparative study of tonology represents a significant contribution not only to the historical-comparative study of Tibeto-Burman, but also to the larger field of linguistic theory, especially now that the subject increasingly begins to be approached along diachronic lines. With this in mind, it is hoped that t
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Description based upon print version of record.
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TIBETO-BURMAN TONOLOGY A COMPARATIVE ACCOUNT; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF CHARTS; ABBREVIATIONS; EXPLANATION OF PHONETIC SYMBOLS AND DIACRITI; 1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS AND SUMMARY OF CONTENT; 2. PHONATION TYPES OF CHEPANG; 2.1 Syllable Structure Analysis; 2.2 BARISH AND KUKI-NAGA-CHIN TONAL CATEGORIES; 2.3 Comparison of Chepang Phonation Types With Barish and Kuki-Naga-Chin Tonal Categories; 2.3.1 Examples For Chepang ø (VOICE phonation), KNC TC-I, Barish TC-I
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2.3.2 Examples for Chepang -? (CREAKY phonation), KNC TC-IIa/IIb2, BarishTC-II2.3.3 Examples for Chepang -?, KNC TC-Ilb1, Barish TC-IV; 2.3.4 Examples for Chepang - , KNC TC-III, Barish TC-III; 2.4 Exceptional Correspondences; 2.4.1 Chepang VOICE Phonation; 2.4.2 Chepang CREAKY Phonation; 2.4.3 Chepang BREATHY Phonation; 2.5 Concluding Remarks; 3. THE GLOTTAL STOP OR CREAKY PHONATION IN LIMBU; 3.1 Explanation of Syllable Structures; 3.2 Comparison of Syllable Structures; 3.2.1 A-Type vs. B-Type Syllables; 3.2.2 Change of Syllable Types; 3.2.3 [CV?] Verbs; 3.2.4 -wa, -pa, and -ma Suffixes
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3.2.5 Nominal Derivation by Means of Suffixed -t3.3 Comparison of Syllable Types with other Tibeto-Burman Languages; 3.3.1 Etyma of A-Type Classification and Correspondences in TB *ø/TC-I; 3.3.2 Etyma of A-Type Classification and Correspondence in *n/TC-III; 3.3.3 Etyma of B-Type Classification and Correspondence in*VTC-II; 3.3.4 Etyma of A-Type Classification and Correspondence Within PTB *?/TC-II; 3.3.5 Discussion of the Comparative Results Obtained Thus Far; 3.3.6 The Polysyllabic Nature of Some TB Roots as Corroborated by Limbu
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4. TONAL COMPARISON OF LOLO-BURMESE WITH OTHER TIBETO-BURMAN DIVISIONS4.1 General Remarks; 4.2 Lolo-Burmese Tone Systems and Burmese Phonation Types; 4.3 The Fate of TB *-s: 〉 Proto-Lolo-Burmese TC-II/*2; 4.4 The Fate of TB *- /TC-III: 〉 Proto-Lolo-Burmese TC-I/*1; 4.5 PLB *1: one part descended from TB *0/TC-I; 4.5.1 List of Etyma With 'Normal' Tonal Development; 4.5.2 List of 'Minor Exceptional' Etyma (PLB *1 Instead of PLB *2 asAnalyzed in 4.7); 4.6 PLB *1: Another Part Descended From TB *?/TC-II; 4.7 PLB TC-II/*2 Etyma Descended From TB *0/TC-I
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4.8 PLB *2/TC-II Etyma Descended From TB *?/TC-II4.9 Investigation of PLB *3 Etyma / List of PLB TC-III Etyma ComparedWith Other Tibeto-Burman Languages; 5. Is *A/TC-III A RECONSTRUCTIBLE ENTITY OF PROTO-TIBETO-BURMAN?; 5.1 General Remarks; 5.2 The Derived Nature of Individual TC-III Categories; 5.2.1 Lolo-Burmese Languages; 5.2.2 Chinese; 5.2.3 The Barish Languages; 5.2.4 Miju Mishmi; 5.3 The Underived Nature of Chepang -n and Kuki-Naga-Chin TC-III; 6. TONE CATEGORIES IN THE NORTH ASSAM DIVISION; 6.1 General Remarks; 6.2 The Sound and Tone Structure of Apatani
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6.3 The Sound and Tone Structure of Gallong
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 90-272-3548-1
Language:
English
