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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>AHP is also
here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><a
href="http://tibetanplateau.wikischolars.columbia.edu/Asian+Highlands+Perspectives">http://tibetanplateau.wikischolars.columbia.edu/Asian+Highlands+Perspectives</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a
href="http://www.archive.org/details/AsianHighlandsPerspectivescollectedVolumes">http://www.archive.org/details/AsianHighlandsPerspectivescollectedVolumes</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a
href="http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/rarebooks/">http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/rarebooks/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> The Tibeto-Burman
Discussion List [mailto:tibeto-burman-linguistics@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Stephen Morey<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 17, 2012 7:31 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> TIBETO-BURMAN-LINGUISTICS@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: ASIAN HIGHLANDS PERSPECTIVBES -- VOLUMES 12, 13, & 14<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>I
have tied to download some of these to have a look at them, but the website
just freezes when I get there. Is anyone else having this problem?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Stephen
Morey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Centre
for Research on Linguistic Diversity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>La
Trobe University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> The Tibeto-Burman
Discussion List [mailto:tibeto-burman-linguistics@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Kevin Stuart<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, 15 January 2012 8:42 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> TIBETO-BURMAN-LINGUISTICS@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG<br>
<b>Subject:</b> ASIAN HIGHLANDS PERSPECTIVBES -- VOLUMES 12, 13, & 14<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>The editors of <i>Asian Highlands
Perspectives </i>are pleased to announce the publication of three new volumes,
available free online:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><a
href="http://www.plateauculture.org/asian-highlands-perspectives"><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>http://www.plateauculture.org/asian-highlands-perspectives</span></a><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>and as at-c<a name="_GoBack"></a>ost hard
copies:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><a
href="http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/asianhighlandsperspectives"><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/asianhighlandsperspectives</span></a><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>If you would like to
see Asian Highlands Perspectives in your university or local library, please
send us their contact information and we'll make sure they know about future
issues of AHP. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>AHP12</span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><i><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Silence in the Valley of Songs: Work Songs
from the Sman shod Valley</span></i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><a
href="http://www.plateauculture.org/writing/silence-valley-songs-work-songs-sman-shod-valley">http://www.plateauculture.org/writing/silence-valley-songs-work-songs-sman-shod-valley</a></span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>The text and more than a hundred full-page
color plates document Tibetan folk music (particularly work songs), and local
life in Sman shod Valley, Sde dge County, Dkar mdzes Tibetan Autonomous
Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China. Bo nyed, a local elder, describes the
situation that motivated this timely documentation, "In the past we sang
constantly, but now people don't sing no matter where they are or what they are
doing. Now everyone is silent." The text includes richly contextualized
and annotated transcriptions of the songs' Tibetan lyrics with English
translations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Audio materials related to this publication
can be found at:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><a
href="http://www.oralliterature.org/collections/zlaba001.html"><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>http://www.oralliterature.org/collections/zlaba001.html</span></a><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>AHP13</span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><i><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Warming Your Hands With Moonlight: Lavrung
Tibetan Oral Traditions and Culture</span></i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:black'><a
href="http://www.plateauculture.org/writing/warming-your-hands-moonlight-lavrung-tibetan-oral-traditions-and-culture">http://www.plateauculture.org/writing/warming-your-hands-moonlight-lavrung-tibetan-oral-traditions-and-culture</a></span><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Lavrung is a little studied Qiangic
language spoken by a small group of Tibetans in Rangtang County, Aba Tibetan
and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China. This work provides
the first monographic introduction to Lavrung Tibetans and their language and
culture, focusing on the use of trilingual (Lavrung, Chinese, and Tibetan)
figurative speech in villagers' everyday discourse. Background on local oral
traditions, including folktales, riddles, work songs, and secret curative
chants, is also provided. A Lavrung-English word list, fifty-six full-color
photographs, and several maps showing the location and distribution of
Lavrung-speaking communities are also included.</span><span style='font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Audio and video related to this
publication can be found at:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><a
href="http://www.oralliterature.org/collections/gyulha001.html"><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>http://www.oralliterature.org/collections/gyulha001.html</span></a><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>AHP14</span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><i><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>May All Good Things Gather Here: Life,
Religion, and Marriage in a Mi nyag Tibetan Village</span></i><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><a
href="http://www.plateauculture.org/writing/may-all-good-things-gather-here-life-religion-and-marriage-mi-nyag-tibetan-village">http://www.plateauculture.org/writing/may-all-good-things-gather-here-life-religion-and-marriage-mi-nyag-tibetan-village</a></span><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>This
work documents marriage customs and related oral traditions in Bang smad
Village, Bang smad Township, Nyag rong County, Dkar mdzes Tibetan Autonomous
Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China. Villagers speak the poorly documented Mi
nyag language. This study provides novel linguistic and ethnographic data,
including a Mi nyag-English word list, maps showing the distribution of Mi
nyag-speaking communities, and numerous full-color photographs of village life
and wedding festivities. Of special interest are the transcribed wedding
speeches locally given in Mi nyag and Tibetan.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Audio related to this publication can be found at:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a
href="http://www.oralliterature.org/collections/bkrashis001.html">http://www.oralliterature.org/collections/bkrashis001.html</a>
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