The Sino-Tibetan Languages

Graham Thurgood, Randy J. LaPolla

Psychology Press, 2003 - Foreign Language Study - 727 pages

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There are more native speakers of Sino-Tibetan languages than of any other language family in the world. Records of these languages are among the oldest for any human language, and the amount of active research on them, both diachronic and synchronic, has multiplied in the last few decades. This volume includes overview articles as well as descriptions of individual languages and comments on the subgroups in which they occur. In addition to a number of modern languages, there are descriptions of several ancient languages.

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It is regretted that Chelliah misquoted me in her book as well as in her article here. I have never said that there are dialects called Pallel and Tokching. The name Tockching is quite new to me. I have never heard of this except in Chelliah's writing. I would be glad if she could provide the evidence of this term being used by me in my thesis. She has not read the lines very carefully. Because of improved communication and free mixing these dialects are no longer there. This is a matter of Language Change.
I suggest that she must carefully examine the textual as well as analytical errors in her books and writings. In her book I have seen a number of mistakes in spelling and meaning as well as unacceptable sentences. In the same manner in this paper also there are unacceptable sentences. Her suffixes are questionable and the meanings are all incorrect. She must consult some more people rather than depending on her ill equipped and incompetent informants who are pseudo-linguists.
If you are ready to publish then only I can write an essay on the mistakes.
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Index

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A subgrouping of the SinoTibetan languages the interaction between language contact change and inheritance	3

2 SinoTibetan	6

4 TibetoBurman	7

Reference	20

Overview of SinoTibetan morphosyntax	22

2 Chinese	29

Reference	36

Word Order in SinoTibetan languages from a typological and geographical perspective	43

2 Phonology	388

3 Verbs	390

4 Noun phrases	391

5 Adverbs and reduplication	397

7 Language contact and language maintenance	399

References	400

Jinghpo	401

2 Grammar	403

3 Chinese	48

4 Conclusion	54

OLD CHINESE AND CHINESE DIALECTS	57

A sketch of late Zhou Chinese grammer	59

3 Prediction	60

4 Modification clause demotion and nominalization	63

5 Basic constituent order	66

6 Conclusion	69

Additional abbreviations	70

The Chinese dialects phonology	72

References	82

Chinese dialects grammar	84

3 Sentence structure and word order	94

4 Major Sentence types	96

Further reading	124

The characteristics of Mandarin Dialects	126

2 Some characteristics of Mandarin dialects	128

3 The regional characteristics of Mandarin dialects	129

References	130

Shanghai	131

2 Shanghai morphology and syntax	138

Reference	145

Cantonese	146

colloquial Cantonese vocabulary	150

4 Grammar	151

5 Conclusion	154

Chinese writing	156

2 Historical development	160

3 Writing as evidence in historical reconstruction	163

4 Relation to other languages	164

Reference	165

TIBETOBURMAN LANGUAGES AND DIALECTS	167

The TibetoBurman languages of Northeastern India	169

2 Typology	173

4 The central area	175

5 The northern area	178

6 The eastern border area	182

7 Conclusions	189

LOLOBURMESE LANGUAGE	193

Burmese	195

2 Phonology	197

3 Word classes	200

Syntax constructions and particles	202

Additional abbreviations	206

Further reading	207

Lahu	208

2 Phonology	209

3 Lahu vocabulary and word formation	210

4 Clause structure	211

5 Form classes	212

7 The noun phrase	214

8 The verb phrase	217

9 Nominalization and relativization	219

References	220

Lisu	222

2 Lisu phonology	223

3 Lisu morphosyntax	226

Reference	235

Akha	236

2 Phonology	237

3 Word formation	239

4 Syntax	241

5 Sentence particles	247

6 Noun incorporation	249

7 Final particles	251

BODISH LANGUAGE	253

Classical Tibetan	255

2 Phonology	256

3 Word classes and inflections	258

4 Word formation	262

5 The noun phrase	263

6 Clause and sentence	265

References	267

Lhasa Tibetan	270

2 Nouns adjectives and nominal morphology	273

3 The verb	276

4 Word formation	281

5 Syntax	282

References	286

TGTM LANGUAGES	289

Tamang	291

3 Typological summary	293

5 The noun phrase	297

6 The verb phrase	300

7 Complex sentences	302

9 Questions	310

10 Information structure	311

Additional abbreviations	313

Chantyal	315

3 Morphology	318

4 Word formation	327

5 Syntax	329

Reference	334

NarPhu	336

2 Phonology	337

3 Morphology	340

4 Word formation	347

5 Syntax	348

References	352

NEWAR DIALECTS	353

Dolakha Newar	355

2 Phonology	356

3 Morphology	357

4 Verbs	359

5 Syntax	361

6 Narrative text	364

Additional abbreviations	369

References	370

Kathmandu Newar Nepal Bhasa	371

2 Phonology	372

3 Inflectional morphology	373

4 Word formation	377

5 Syntax	378

Reference	383

NORTHEASTERN INDIA	385

Garo	387

Hakha Lai	409

3 Inflectional morphology	410

4 Syntax	419

References	424

Further reading	426

Meithei	427

3 Morphology	429

4 Major lexical categories	431

5 Evidentiality	432

6 Syntax	433

References	437

Further reading	438

Tshangla	439

3 Morphophonemics	440

4 Noun phrase	441

5 Syntactic roles	443

6 Case marking	444

7 Tenseaspect	446

9 Mirativity	447

10 Copular clauses	448

12 Relative clauses	450

13 Complementation	451

14 Adverbial clauses	452

16 Concatenation	453

References	455

Tani languages	456

3 Morphology	458

4 Syntax	462

Additional abbreviations	465

References	466

GYALRONG LANGUAGES	467

Cogtse Gyarong	469

2 Outline of phonology	470

3 Morphology and morphosyntax	471

References	489

Caodeng rGyalrong	490

3 Morphology	491

4 Syntax	497

Additional abbreviations	502

Kiranti languages	503

Kiranti languages an overview	505

3 Genetic and areal groupings	516

Additional abbreviations	517

Hayu	518

3 Morphophonology	519

4 Verb morphology	520

5 Nonverbal morphology and word classes	523

6 Syntax	524

7 Information structure and discourse particles	530

Additional abbreviations	531

References	532

Camling	533

3 Nominals	534

4 The verb	537

5 Syntax	542

Additional abbreviations	545

Belhare	546

3 Inflectional morphology	548

4 Derivational morphology and compounding	559

5 Syntax	561

Additional abbreviations	569

QIANGIC LANGUAGES	571

Qiang	573

2 The noun phrase	575

3 Nominal relational morphology	577

4 The verb complex	579

5 Adverbials	583

6 The clause	584

References	586

Prinmi	588

3 Morphology	591

4 Syntax	594

References	601

Tangut	602

3 Morphology	606

4 Word formation	610

5 Syntax	612

References	619

KAREN LANGUAGES	621

Eastern Kayah Li	623

2 Phonology	624

3 Word formation	625

4 Syntax	626

References	631

Pwo Karen	632

2 Sounds	633

3 Parts of speech	634

4 Morphology	637

5 Syntax	639

Additional abbreviations	647

References	648

OTHER LANGUAGES	649

Yunnan Bai	651

2 Phonology	654

3 Word classes	661

4 Word formation processes	666

5 Syntax	669

References	672

Dulong	674

3 Morphosyntax	675

References	682

Kham	683

2 Phonology	685

3 Inflectional morphology	688

4 Adjectives and adjectivals	699

5 Noun phrase syntax	700

6 Nominalizations	701

7 Clause chains and switch reference	702

8 Evidentials	703

Lepcha	705

3 Nominal morphology	707

4 Verbal morphology	712

5 Text	715

References	716

Index	717

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About the author (2003)

Graham Thurgood is Professor in the Department of English at Chico, California State University. Randy J. LaPolla is Associate Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics, City University of Hong Kong.

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Title	The Sino-Tibetan Languages Volume 3 of Routledge language family series
Editors	Graham Thurgood, Randy J. LaPolla
Edition	illustrated
Publisher	Psychology Press, 2003
ISBN	0700711295, 9780700711291
Length	727 pages
Subjects	Foreign Language Study › Miscellaneous Foreign Language Study / Miscellaneous

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