LINGUIST List 22.2373 Mon Jun 06 2011 Diss: Historical Ling: Button: 'A Reconstruction of Proto Northern ...' Editor for this issue: Mfon Udoinyang <mfonlinguistlist.org> New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.org/ To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Christopher Button , A Reconstruction of Proto Northern Chin in Old Burmese and Old Chinese Perspective Message 1: A Reconstruction of Proto Northern Chin in Old Burmese and Old Chinese Perspective Date: 06-Jun-2011 From: Christopher Button <chris.buttonhotmail.com> Subject: A Reconstruction of Proto Northern Chin in Old Burmese and Old Chinese Perspective E-mail this message to a friend Institution: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Program: Department of Linguistics Dissertation Status: Completed Degree Date: 2009 Author: Christopher Button Dissertation Title: A Reconstruction of Proto Northern Chin in Old Burmese and Old Chinese Perspective Dissertation URL: http://v2.linguistlist.org/~lapolla/downloads/Button-Proto-Northern-Chin.pd Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics Language Documentation Subject Language(s): Chin, Siyin (csy) Chin, Tedim (ctd) Zome (zom) Old Chinese (och) Chin, Falam (flm) Dissertation Director(s): Justin Watkins Dissertation Abstract: The phonology, morphology and semantics of six Northern Chin languages are investigated in terms of their relationships with Old Burmese and Old Chinese. Regular correspondences are achieved through a vertical two vowel system and a segmentally derived three tone system. A word list with reconstructed Northern Chin forms, of which several are used in the comparisons with Old Burmese and Old Chinese throughout the work, is included as an appendix. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 06-Jun-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.