| Sociohistorical Linguistics in Southeast Asia: New Horizons for Tibeto-Burman Studies in Honor of David Bradley Contributor(s): Ding, Picus Sizhi, Pelkey, Jamin |
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ISBN: 9004349839 ISBN-13: 9789004349834 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $123.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines |
| Series: Brill's Tibetan Studies Library / Languages of the Greater H |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.3" W x 9.4" (1.20 lbs) 286 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sociohistorical Linguistics in Southeast Asia blends insights from sociolinguistics, descriptive linguistics and historical-comparative linguistics to shed new light on regional Tibeto-Burman language varieties and their relationships across spatial, temporal and cultural differences. The approach is inspired by leading Tibeto-Burmanist, David Bradley, to whom the book is dedicated. The volume includes twelve original research essays written by eleven Tibeto-Burmanists drawing on first-hand field research in five countries to explore Tibeto-Burman languages descended from seven internal sub-branches. Following two introductory chapters, each contribution is focused on a specific Tibeto-Burman language or sub-branch, collectively contributing to the literature on language identification, language documentation, typological analysis, historical-comparative classification, linguistic theory, and language endangerment research with new analyses, state-of-the-art summaries and contemporary applications. |