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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Thank you all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>I was able to download from the tibetanplateau site. Thanks to everyone for their help. Some enjoyable reading to look forward to!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Stephen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US 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>Koknor G Mail<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 17 January 2012 12:14 PM<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></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>AHP is also here:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://tibetanplateau.wikischolars.columbia.edu/Asian+Highlands+Perspectives">http://tibetanplateau.wikischolars.columbia.edu/Asian+Highlands+Perspectives</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.archive.org/details/AsianHighlandsPerspectivescollectedVolumes">http://www.archive.org/details/AsianHighlandsPerspectivescollectedVolumes</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/rarebooks/">http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/rarebooks/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US 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></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span 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 style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Stephen Morey<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Centre for Research on Linguistic Diversity<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>La Trobe University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US 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></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US><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><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/asianhighlandsperspectives"><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/asianhighlandsperspectives</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>AHP12</span><span lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Silence in the Valley of Songs: Work Songs from the Sman shod Valley</span></i><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US 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'><span lang=EN-US><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><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>AHP13</span><span lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Warming Your Hands With Moonlight: Lavrung Tibetan Oral Traditions and Culture</span></i><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US 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'><span lang=EN-US><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><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>AHP14</span><span lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>May All Good Things Gather Here: Life, Religion, and Marriage in a Mi nyag Tibetan Village</span></i><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US 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><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Audio related to this publication can be found at:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.oralliterature.org/collections/bkrashis001.html">http://www.oralliterature.org/collections/bkrashis001.html</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Please let us know if you'd like to be removed from this mailing list. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>