A Grammar of the Thangmi Language

Turin, Mark:
A Grammar of the Thangmi Language : with an ethnolinguistic introduction to the speakers and their culture / by Mark Turin. - Vol. 1-2. - Leiden [u.a.] : Brill, 2012. - (Brill's Tibetan Studies Library ; 5/6)
Hochschulschrift. Teilw. zugl.: Leiden, Univ., Diss., 2006
ISBN 978-90-04-15526-8 (Hardcover)
ISBN 978-90-04-22376-9 (EBook)
EUR 169,00 / US$ 232,00
DDC: 495.4

Bände:
1. A grammar of the Thangmi language : Ethnography and grammar. - 2012. - XXXIV, 484 S. : Kt. - (Brill's Tibetan studies library ; 5,6,1 : Languages of the greater Himalayan region)
ISBN 978-90-04-22374-5
2. A grammar of the Thangmi language : Lexicon and texts. - 2012. - VI, S. [485] - 958. - (Brill's Tibetan studies library ; 5,6,2 : Languages of the greater Himalayan region)
ISBN 978-90-04-22375-2

Beschreibung
This monograph is a grammar of Thangmi, an endangered Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the districts of Dolakha and Sindhupalcok in central-eastern Nepal. The language is spoken by upwards of 30,000 people belonging to an ethnic group of the same name. The Thangmi are one of Nepal’s least documented communities.
   These two volumes include a grammatical description of the Dolakha dialect of Thangmi, a collection of glossed oral texts and a comprehensive lexicon with relevant examples. In addition, the reader will find an extensive ethnolinguistic introduction to the speakers and their culture.
For students and scholars of anthropology and linguistics, this study is a compelling illustration of the interweaving of these disciplines in the context of Himalayan studies.
   With financial support of the International Institute for Asian Studies.

Inhalt
VOL. 1: ETHNOGRAPHY AND GRAMMAR
Preface. xix
Acknowledgements. xxv
Transliteration and Transcription. xxxi
Abbreviations. xxxiii
Editorial Foreword. xxxv
1. The Linguistic Classification of Thangmi. 1
2. The Thangmi Ethnolinguistic Context. 31
3. Phonology. 163
4. Morphophonology. 207
5. Nominal Morphology. 223
6. Morphology of Simplicia. 353
7. Other Verbal Constructions and Morphosyntax. 407
VOL. 2: LEXICON AND TEXTS
TEXTS. 485
THANGMI LEXICON. 755
APPENDIX: Kinship Charts. 919
Bibliography. 935
Index. 947

Autor
MARK TURIN, Ph.D. (2006) in Descriptive and Comparative Linguistics, Leiden University, is a linguistic anthropologist. A Research Associate at the University of Cambridge and an Associate Research Scientist at Yale University, Turin directs the Digital Himalaya and World Oral Literature Projects. Homepage.

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