LINGUIST List 15.2467

Tue Sep 7 2004

Books: Language Description: Genetti et al

Editor for this issue: Neil Salmond <neillinguistlist.org>

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1. jmanley, Tibeto-Burman languages of Nepal: Genetti (Ed.), Hildebrandt, Kelly

Title: Tibeto-Burman languages of Nepal
Subtitle: Manange and Sherpa
Series Title: Pacific Linguistics

Publication Year: 2004
Publisher:	Pacific Linguistics
		http://pacling.anu.edu.au/

Editor: Carol Genetti
Author: Kristine A. Hildebrandt
Author: Barbara Kelly

Paperback: ISBN: 0858835355, Pages: xiv + 324 pp, Price: AUS $ 90.00
	 Comment: In Australia $99.00 (inc. GST)

			
Abstract:

The country of Nepal is home to over one hundred distinct languages
from four language families. The current volume provides grammars,
glossaries and texts for two of these languages: Kristine
A. Hildebrandt's grammar and glossary of Manange, of the Tamangic
branch of the Tibeto-Burman language family, and Barbara Kelly's
grammar and glossary of Sherpa, of the Tibetan (Bodish) branch. Each
grammar provides a full description of the phonology, morphology and
syntax of the language, covering both the structural and functional
properties of each. The glossaries contain lists of basic vocabulary,
alternate forms, and comparisons with forms given in previous
literature. The short texts provide insights into how speakers weave
linguistic structures to produce fluent discourse.


Lingfield(s):	Language Description
		
Subject Language(s):	Manangba (Language code: NMM)
			Sherpa (Language code: SCR)
		
Written In:	English (Language Code: ENG)


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