33.3227, Books: The Historical Phonology of Tibetan, Burmese, and Chinese: Hill

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Subject: 33.3227, Books: The Historical Phonology of Tibetan, Burmese, and Chinese: Hill

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Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2022 22:26:03
From: Ellena Moriarty [ellena.moriarty at cambridge.org]
Subject: The Historical Phonology of Tibetan, Burmese, and Chinese: Hill

 


Title: The Historical Phonology of Tibetan, Burmese, and Chinese 
Publication Year: 2022 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://www.cambridge.org/linguistics
	

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/asian-language-and-linguistics/historical-phonology-tibetan-burmese-and-chinese?format=PB 


Author: Nathan W. Hill

Paperback: ISBN:  9781316601518 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 33.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781316601518 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 25.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781316601518 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 30.33


Abstract:

Editor’s Note: This is a new edition of a previously announced title.

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.
 



Introduction; Part I. Tibetan: 1. Old Tibetan; 2. Classical Tibetan; 3. The
Bodish languages; 4. Tibetan diachronic phonology: 4.1. From Old Tibetan to
proto-Bodish; 4.2. Reprise: from proto-Bodish to Old Tibetan; 4.3. From
proto-Bodish to Trans-Himalayan; 4.4. Reprise: from Trans-Himalayan to
proto-Bodish; 4.5. Diachronic mysteries; Part II. Burmese: 1. Old Burmese; 2.
Written Burmese; 3. The Burmish languages; 4. The Loloish languages; 5.
Burmese diachronic phonology: 5.1. From Burmese to proto-Burmish; 5.2.
Reprise: proto-Burmish to Old Burmese; 5.3. From proto-Burmish to
Trans-Himalayan; 5.4. Reprise: Trans-Himalayan to proto-Burmish; 5.5.
Diachronic mysteries; Part III. Chinese: 1. Old Chinese: 1.1. Middle Chinese;
1.2. Rhymes of the Shījīng; 1.3. Structure of Chinese characters; 1.4. Less
traditional sources of data for reconstructing Old Chinese; 2. Simplex
initials of Old Chinese: 2.1. Internal reconstruction of Middle Chinese
initials; 2.2. Expanding the Old Chinese initials using xiéshēng evidence; 3.
Old Chinese pre-initials: 3.1. Reconstructing tight pre-initials using
xiéshēng evidence; 3.2. Reconstructing tight pre-initials on the basis of
morphological speculation; 3.3. Reconstructing tight pre-initials using
proto-Mĭn; 3.4. Reconstructing tight pre-initials using loans into Vietic;
3.5. Reconstructing tight pre-initials using loans into Hmong-Mien; 3.6.
Reconstructing tight pre-initials using loans into Tai-Kadai; 3.7.
Reconstructing loose pre-initials; 3.8. Reconstructing loose pre-initials
using proto-Mĭn; 3.9. Reconstructing loose pre-initials using xiéshēng
evidence; 3.10. Reconstructing loose using loans into non-Sinitic languages;
3.11. Reconstructing loose pre-initials on the basis of morphological
speculation; 4. Old Chinese medial; 5. Old Chinese vowels; 6. Origins of the
tones and fnal clusters; 7. Finals of Old Chinese; 8. How to reconstruct a
word in Old Chinese; 9. From Old Chinese to Trans-Himalayan; 10. Reprise:
Trans-Himalayan to Old Chinese; 11. Diachronic mysteries; Part IV.
Trans-Himalayan: 1. Overview of Trans-Himalayan phonology; 2. Initials of
Trans-Himalayan: 2.1. Simplex resonants; 2.2. Simplex obstruents; 3. Vowels of
Trans-Himalayan; 4. Finals of Trans-Himalayan; 5. Reprise of Diachronic
mysteries; 6. Concluding remarks.
 


Linguistic Field(s): History of Linguistics
                     Phonetics
                     Phonology

Language Family(ies): Sino-Tibetan


Written In: English  (eng)

See this book announcement on our website: 
http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=163296




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