Aspects of the Phonology of Amdo Tibetan
Author : Jackson T.-S. Sun
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Page : 296 pages
File Size : 45,69 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Amdo dialect
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Author : Jackson T.-S. Sun
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Page : 296 pages
File Size : 45,69 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Amdo dialect
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Page : 267 pages
File Size : 39,95 MB
Release : 1986
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Author : Jackson T.-S. Sun
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Page : 267 pages
File Size : 42,97 MB
Release : 1986
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Author : Wang Shuangcheng
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,5 MB
Release : 2023
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ISBN : 9783969391372
Author : Kalsang Norbu
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Page : 376 pages
File Size : 28,73 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Foreign Language Study
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Author : Jackson T.-S. Sun
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Page : 404 pages
File Size : 23,3 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Tibetan language
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Author : Kuo-ming Sung
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 11,28 MB
Release : 2021-05-27
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1000248615
Amdo Tibetan: A Comprehensive Grammar Textbook is a rigorous one-year college-level textbook for English speakers who wish to learn the Amdo dialect of the Tibetan language. This comprehensive introduction to the language provides dialogues at the start of each new lesson to illustrate the constructions covered in that lesson. Material from previous chapters is recycled within these dialogues to reinforce learning as the lessons progress. Each chapter unpacks the opening sample dialogue and provides an in-depth analysis and technical explanations of the specific constructions presented. Cultural sections are also included in each chapter, as well as a range of exercises and drills to reinforce learning and help students internalize the new information. The book will be of particular interest to linguists and students with some knowledge of either standard colloquial or literary Tibetan.
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Page : 340 pages
File Size : 15,81 MB
Release : 2000
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Author : Philip Denwood
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 19,4 MB
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027238030
The Tibetan language comprises a wide range of spoken and written varieties whose known history dates from the 7th century AD to the present day. Its speakers inhabit a vast area in Central Asia and the Himalayas extending into seven modern nation states, while its abundant literature includes much of vital importance to the study of Buddhism. After surveying all the known varieties of Tibetan, including their geographical and historical background, this book concentrates on a phonological and grammatical description of the modern spoken Lhasa dialect, the standard spoken variety. The grammatical framework which has been specially devised to describe this variety is then applied to the written varieties of Preclassical and Classical Tibetan, demonstrating the fundamental unity of the language. The writing system is outlined, though all examples and texts are given in roman script and where appropriate, the International Phonetic Alphabet. The volume includes a comprehensive bibliography.
Author : Bettina Zeisler
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 1012 pages
File Size : 35,23 MB
Release : 2011-06-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3110908182
This study presents a comparative approach to a universal theory of TENSE, ASPECT and MOOD, combining the methods of comparative and historical linguistics, fieldwork, text linguistics, and philology. The parts of the book discuss and describe (i) the concepts of TENSE, ASPECT and MOOD; (ii) the Tibetan system of RELATIVE TENSE and aspectual values, with main sections on Old and Classical Tibetan, “Lhasa” Tibetan, and East Tibetan (Amdo and Kham); and (iii) West Tibetan (Ladakhi, Purik, Balti); Part (iv) presents the comparative view. Discussing the similarities and differences of temporal and aspectual concepts, the study rejects the general claim that ASPECT is a linguistic universal. A new linguistic concept, FRAMING, is introduced in order to account for the aspect-like conceptualisations found in, e.g., English. The concept of RELATIVE TENSE or taxis, may likewise not be universal. Among the Tibetan varieties, West Tibetan is unique in having fully grammaticalized the concept of ABSOLUTE TENSE. West Tibetan is compared diachronically with Old and Classical Tibetan (documented since the mid 8th century) and synchronically with several contemporary Tibetan varieties. The grammaticalized forms of each variety are described on the basis of their employment in discourse. The underlying general function of the Tibetan verbal system is thus shown to be that of RELATIVE TENSE. Secondary aspectual functions are described for restricted contexts. A special focus on the pragmatic or metaphorical use of present tense constructions in Tibetan leads to a typology of narrative conventions. The last part also offers some suggestions for the reconstruction of the Proto-Tibetan verb system.