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Author:   Marius Zemp
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   21
Weight:   1.680kg
ISBN:  

9789004365483

ISBN 10:   9004365486
Pages:   964
Publication Date:   01 June 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Contents Acknowledgments List of Tables List of Figures List of Abbreviations 1 Introduction 1.1 Purik 1.2 South and East Purik 1.3 Language Contact 1.4 Genetic Affiliation 1.5 Previous Research 1.6 Data 1.7 A Note on Pragmatics 1.8 The Method of Functional Reconstruction 1.9 Outline 2 Phonology 2.1 Synchronic Phonology 2.2 Diachronic Phonology 3 Noun Phrases 3.1 Derivation 3.2 Definiteness and Number 3.3 Demonstratives, Personal, Interrogative and Other Pronouns 3.4 Case 3.5 Discourse-structuring Morphemes 4 Sentences 4.1 Verbal Stems 4.2 Infinite Verbal Forms 4.3 Light Verbs 4.4 Copulas and Finite Clauses 4.5 Other Clause-Final Morphemes 5 Modification, Intensification, and Dramatization of Sentences 5.1 Adverbs 5.2 The Intensifier mana 5.3 Dramatizers 5.4 t oq '(at that) moment' 6 Clause Linkage 6.1 Clause-linking -na 6.2 Subordinate Clauses without -na 6.3 Noun-Modifying Clauses 6.4 Other Content-attributing Strategies 7 Prosody 7.1 Declination 7.2 Focus 7.3 Final Rise (or Suspension) 7.4 Antitopics 7.5 Dramatizing Prosody 7.6 Final Lengthening 7.7 Pitch Contours Tied to Pragmatic Morphemes Appendices Appendix A: A Story of Three Brothers Appendix B.1: Reduplicated and Assonant Formations Appendix B.2: Basic Vocabulary References

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Marius Zemp, after completing his Ph.D. (2014) at the University of Berne (Switzerland) studied Old Tibetan with Tsuguhito Takeuchi in Kobe (funded by the SNSF). He published 'A functional reconstruction of the Proto-Tibetan verbal system' in 2016 (Himalayan Linguistics 15(2):88-135).

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