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245 0 0 _aHimalayan languages and linguistics: studies in phonology, semantics, morphology and syntax /
_cedited by Mark Turin and Bettina Zeisler.
260 _aLeiden ;
_aBoston :
_bBrill,
_c2011.
300 _aviii, 322 p.
_bill., maps ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _aPART ONE: The Himalayas in history Lost in the sands of time somewhere north of the Bay of Bengal George van Driem PART TWO: Phonology and script A key to four transcription systems of Lepcha Heleen Plaisier Dialectal particularities of Sogpho Tibetan - an introduction to the "Twenty-four villages' patois" Hiroyuki Suzuki PART THREE: Semantics (words and word classes) On the Old Tibetan Term Khrin in the legal and ritual lexicons Brandon Dotson A functional analysis of adjectives in Newar Kazuyuki Kiryu PART FOUR: Morphology and syntax The role of animacy in the verbal morphology of Dongwang Tibetan Ellen Bartee The Sampang verbal agreement system Rene Huysmans Ergativity in Kundal Shahi, Kashmiri and Hindko. Khawaja A. Rehman Kenhat, the dialects of Upper Ladakh and Zanskar.. Bettina Zeisler
650 0 _aTibeto-Burman languages.
651 0 _aHimalaya Mountains Region
_xLanguages.
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