2nd Edition

The Sino-Tibetan Languages

Edited By Graham Thurgood, Randy J. LaPolla Copyright 2017
    1048 Pages
    by Routledge

    1048 Pages
    by Routledge

    There are more native speakers of Sino-Tibetan languages than of any other language family in the world. Our records of these languages are among the oldest for any human language, and the amount of active research on them has multiplied in the last few decades.



    Now in its second edition and fully updated to include new research, The Sino-Tibetan Languages includes overview articles on individual languages, with an emphasis on the less commonly described languages, as well as descriptions and comments on the subgroups in which they occur.



    There are overviews of the whole family on genetic classification and language contact, syntax and morphology, and also on word order typology. There are also more detailed overview articles on the phonology, morphosyntax, and writing system of just the Sinitic side of the family. Supplementing these overviews are articles on Shanghainese, Cantonese and Mandarin dialects. Tibeto-Burman is reviewed by genetic or geographical sub-group, with overview articles on some of the major groups and areas, and there are also detailed descriptions of 41 individual Tibeto-Burman languages, written by world experts in the field.



    Designed for students and researchers of Asian languages, The Sino-Tibetan Languages is a detailed overview of the field. This book is invaluable to language students, experts requiring concise, but thorough, information on related languages, and researchers working in historical, typological and comparative linguistics.



    PART 1: Overview Chapters



    C01 Sino-Tibetan: genetic and areal subgroups - Graham Thurgood



    C02 Overview of Sino-Tibetan  morphosyntax - Randy J. LaPolla



    C03 Word order in Sino-Tibetan languages from a typological and geographical perspective - Matthew S. Dryer





    PART 2: Sinitic



    C04 The Sinitic languages: phonology - Zev Handel



    C05 The Sinitic languages: grammar - Anne O. Yue



    C06 The characteristics of Mandarin dialects - Dah-an Ho



    C07 Cantonese - Robert S. Bauer and Stephen Matthews



    C08 Shanghainese - Eric Zee and Liejiong Xu



    C09  Chinese writing - Mark Hansell





    PART 3: Tibeto-Burman



    §3.1: Languages of NE India



    C10 The Tibeto-Burman languages of Northeastern India - Mark W. Post and Robbins Burling



    C11 Garo - Robbins Burling



    C12  Hakha Lai - David A. Peterson



    C13  Mongsen Ao - Alexander R. Coupe 



    C14  Karbi - Linda Konnerth



    C15 Tani languages - Mark W. Post and Jackson T.-S. Sun



    C16  Meithei - Shobhana Chelliah



    C17 Tangsa - Stephen D. Morey





    §3.2: Bodish languages



    C18  Classical Tibetan - Scott DeLancey



    C19  Lhasa Tibetan - Scott DeLancey



    C20  Kurtöp - Gwendolyn Hyslop



    C21  Tshangla - Erik Andvik



    C22  Dolakhae Newar - Carol Genetti



    C23  Kathmandu Newar (Nepāl Bhāṣā) - David Hargreaves





    §3.3: Tamangic



    C24 Tamang - Martine Mazaudon



    C25  Chantyal - Mickey Noonan and Kristine A. Hildebrandt



    C26  Manange - Kristine Hildebrandt and Oliver Bond



    C27  Nar Phu - Mickey Noonan and Kristine A. Hildebrandt





    §3.4 Rung languages



    §3.4.1: Rgyalrong languages



    C28 Tshobdun rGyalrong - Jackson T.-S. Sun



    C29  Cogtse rGyarong - Yasuhiko Nagano



    C30 Stau (Ergong, Horpa) - Guillaume Jacques, Lai Yunfan, Anton Antonov and Lobsang Nima



    C31  Japhug - Guillaume Jacques



    §3.4.2: Rawang-Dulong-Anong



    C32  Dulong - Randy J. LaPolla



    §3.4.3: Kiranti



    C33  Kiranti languages - Boyd Michailovsky



    C34  Hayu - Boyd Michailovsky



    C35  Belhare - Balthasar Bickel



    C36 Camling - Karen H. Ebert



    C37  Wambule Rai - Jean Robert Opgenort



    §3.4.4: Western Himalayan



    C38  Sangla Kinnauri - Anju Saxena





    §3.5: Qiangic



    C39  Qiang - Randy J. LaPolla



    C40 Prinmi - Picus Sizhi Ding



    C41  Tangut - Gong Hwang-cherng



    C42  Lizu [Ersu] - Katia Chirkova



    §3.6: Naic [Naxi]





    C43  Yongning Na (Mosuo) - Liberty A. Lidz





    §3.7: Lolo-Burmese



    C44  Burmese - Julian K. Wheatley



    C45  Zaiwa - Zhu Yanhua



    C46  Akha - Inga-Lill Hansson



    C47  Lisu - David Bradley



    C48 James Matisoff Lahu





    §3.8: Karenic



    C49  Eastern K

    Biography

    Graham Thurgood PhD is Professor Emeritus at California State University, Chico, USA.



    Randy J. LaPolla PhD FAHA is Professor of Linguistics at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.