Sino-Tibetan
A Conspectus

A comprehensive account of the Sino-Tibetan language.

Paul K. Benedict (Author)

9780521118071, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 6 August 2009

244 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.36 kg

A comprehensive account of the Sino-Tibetan, a language stock comparable in size and diversification to Indo-European and comprising Chinese, Karen and over a hundred Tibetan-Burman languages. Dr Benedict presents a systematic analysis of the morphology and phonology of the main descendants of the stock, traces their family relationships and reconstructs in outline the parent language, Sino-Tibetan. There is a glossary of Tibeto-Burman index, which should prove of especial value as a working tool for scholars. Although the book was first drafted many years ago, Dr Benedict made extensive annotations on the original manuscript and Professor James A. Matisoff added many notes on bibliography and the Burmese-Lolo group of languages. The scope and original theses of the work, however, remain unaltered and the editors present it as a major and original contribution to the study of oriental linguistics.

1. Introduction
2. Taxonomy (general)
3. Taxonomy (Sino-Tibetan)
4. Tibeto-Burman classification
5. Tibeto-Burman reconstruction (history)
6. Tibeto-Burman primary sources
7. Tibeto-Burman consonants (general
final)
8. Tibeto-Burman consonants (initial)
9. Tibeto-Burman consonant clusters
10. Tibeto-Burman vowels (finals
dipthongs)
11. Tibeto-Burman vowels (medials)
12. Tibeto-Burman tones
13. Tibeto-Burman morphology (history)
14. Tibeto-Burman morphology (categories)
15. Tibeto-Burman pronouns
16. Tibeto-Burman numerals
17. Tibeto-Burman morphology and syntax (general)
18. Tibeto-Burman affixes (special)
19. Tibeto-Burman affixes (general)
20. Tibeto-Burman dental suffixes
21. Tibeto-Burman prefixes (general)
22. Tibeto-Burman prefixed s-
23. Tibeto-Burman prefixed r-
24. Tibeto-Burman prefixed b-
25. Tibeto-Burman prefixed g-
26. Tibeto-Burman prefixed d-
27. Tibeto-Burman prefixed m-
28. Tibeto-Burman prefixed a-
29. Tibeto-Burman alternation (consonantal, vocalic)
30. Karen (general)
31. Karen morphology (categories) and syntax
32. Karen pronouns
33. Karen numerals
34. Karen prefixes
35. Karen initial consonants and clusters
36. Karen final consonants and medial vowels
37. Karen final vowels and semi-vowels
38. Karen tones
39. Chinese (general, history)
40. Chinese morphology (prefixes, suffices, alternation)
41. Chinese pronouns
42. Chinese numerals
43. Chinese phonology (history)
44. Chinese consonants (initials, finals)
45. Chinese consonant clusters
46. Chinese vowels and diphthongs
47. Chinese tones
48. Resume (Chinese)
Appendices.

Subject Areas: Linguistics [CF]