Proceedings of the Tenth Seminar of the Iats, 2003. Volume 1: Medieval Tibeto-Burman Languages II (Brill's Tibetan Studies Library)

Proceedings of the Tenth Seminar of the IATS, 2003 , Volume 1 While providing unique and detailed information on early Tibeto-Burman languages and their contact and relationship to other languages, this book at the same time sets out to establish a field of Tibeto-Burman comparative-historical linguistics based on the classical Indo-European model. With papers by C. Bauer on Burmese and Mon, C. Beckwith on Old Tibetan syllable margins, B. Zeisler on Tibetan case marking, R. Yanson on Burmese historical phonology, G. Jacques on Tangut rimes, K. Iwasa on early Lolo manuscripts, V. Kasevich on the causative in Tibeto-Burman, and C. Beckwith on Old Tibetan and Old Chinese reconstruction. With an extensive Introduction to theoretical problems of the linguistics of Tibeto-Burman and other East and Southeast Asian languages. Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Preface Dedication Introduction: Toward a Tibeto-Burman Theory Reflections on Early Mon-Burmese Grammar The Sonority Sequencing Principle and Old Tibetan Syllable Margins The Tibetan Understanding of Karman: Some Problems of Tibetan Case Marking Notes on the Evolution of the Burmese Phonological System Essai de comparaison des rimes du Tangoute et du Rgyalrong Mamuteyi: Lolo Manuscript No. 6 (2) in the Library of the École Française d'Extrême-Orient, Paris The Category of Causative in Tibeto-Burman Languages and the Iconicity Principle Old Tibetan and the Dialects and Periodization of Old Chinese BRILL'S TIBETAN STUDIES LIBRARY Vol. 4. While providing unique and detailed information on early Tibeto-Burman languages and their contact and relationship to other languages, this book at the same time sets out to establish a field of Tibeto-Burman comparative-historical linguistics based on the classical Indo-European model. The volume includes six papers on Tangut, three on Tibetan and one each on the languages Mon, Burmese, Lepcha, Pyu, Nam, and Yi. Building a bridge between linguistic and literary research the range of studies treats phonology, decipherment, literature and religion [1] Piats 2000 : Tibetan Studies : Proceedings Of The Ninth Seminar Of The International Association For Tibetan Studies, Leiden 2000 -- 2. Piats 2003 : Tibetan Studies : Proceedings Of The Tenth Seminar Of The International Association For Tibetan Studies, Oxford 2003. Edited By Christopher I. Beckwith. International Conference Proceedings. Includes Bibliographical References.