Sino-Tibetan by Paul K Benedict

Sino-Tibetan by Paul K Benedict

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Sino-Tibetan by Paul K Benedict

A comprehensive account of the Sino-Tibetan, a language stock comparable in size and diversification to Indo-European and comprising Chinese, Karen and over a hundred Tibetan-Burman languages. Dr Benedict presents a systematic analysis of the morphology and phonology of the main descendants of the stock, traces their family relationships and reconstructs in outline the parent language, Sino-Tibetan. There is a glossary of Tibeto-Burman index, which should prove of especial value as a working tool for scholars. Although the book was first drafted many years ago, Dr Benedict made extensive annotations on the original manuscript and Professor James A. Matisoff added many notes on bibliography and the Burmese-Lolo group of languages. The scope and original theses of the work, however, remain unaltered and the editors present it as a major and original contribution to the study of oriental linguistics.
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ISBN 13 9780521118071
ISBN 10 0521118077
Title Sino-Tibetan
Author Paul K Benedict
Series Princeton Cambridge Studies In Chinese Linguistics
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 2009-08-06
Number of pages 244
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