{"product_id":"sino-tibetan-a-conspectus-paperback-9780521118071","title":"Sino-Tibetan; A Conspectus (Paperback) 9780521118071","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSino-Tibetan\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Conspectus\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA comprehensive account of the Sino-Tibetan language.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePaul K. Benedict (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521118071, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 6 August 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e244 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.36 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Taxonomy (general)\u003cbr\u003e 3. Taxonomy (Sino-Tibetan)\u003cbr\u003e 4. Tibeto-Burman classification\u003cbr\u003e 5. Tibeto-Burman reconstruction (history)\u003cbr\u003e 6. Tibeto-Burman primary sources\u003cbr\u003e 7. Tibeto-Burman consonants (general\u003cbr\u003e final)\u003cbr\u003e 8. Tibeto-Burman consonants (initial)\u003cbr\u003e 9. Tibeto-Burman consonant clusters\u003cbr\u003e 10. Tibeto-Burman vowels (finals\u003cbr\u003e dipthongs)\u003cbr\u003e 11. Tibeto-Burman vowels (medials)\u003cbr\u003e 12. Tibeto-Burman tones\u003cbr\u003e 13. Tibeto-Burman morphology (history)\u003cbr\u003e 14. Tibeto-Burman morphology (categories)\u003cbr\u003e 15. Tibeto-Burman pronouns\u003cbr\u003e 16. Tibeto-Burman numerals\u003cbr\u003e 17. Tibeto-Burman morphology and syntax (general)\u003cbr\u003e 18. Tibeto-Burman affixes (special)\u003cbr\u003e 19. Tibeto-Burman affixes (general)\u003cbr\u003e 20. Tibeto-Burman dental suffixes\u003cbr\u003e 21. Tibeto-Burman prefixes (general)\u003cbr\u003e 22. Tibeto-Burman prefixed s-\u003cbr\u003e 23. Tibeto-Burman prefixed r-\u003cbr\u003e 24. Tibeto-Burman prefixed b-\u003cbr\u003e 25. Tibeto-Burman prefixed g-\u003cbr\u003e 26. Tibeto-Burman prefixed d-\u003cbr\u003e 27. Tibeto-Burman prefixed m-\u003cbr\u003e 28. Tibeto-Burman prefixed a-\u003cbr\u003e 29. Tibeto-Burman alternation (consonantal, vocalic)\u003cbr\u003e 30. Karen (general)\u003cbr\u003e 31. Karen morphology (categories) and syntax\u003cbr\u003e 32. Karen pronouns\u003cbr\u003e 33. Karen numerals\u003cbr\u003e 34. Karen prefixes\u003cbr\u003e 35. Karen initial consonants and clusters\u003cbr\u003e 36. Karen final consonants and medial vowels\u003cbr\u003e 37. Karen final vowels and semi-vowels\u003cbr\u003e 38. Karen tones\u003cbr\u003e 39. Chinese (general, history)\u003cbr\u003e 40. Chinese morphology (prefixes, suffices, alternation)\u003cbr\u003e 41. Chinese pronouns\u003cbr\u003e 42. Chinese numerals\u003cbr\u003e 43. Chinese phonology (history)\u003cbr\u003e 44. Chinese consonants (initials, finals)\u003cbr\u003e 45. Chinese consonant clusters\u003cbr\u003e 46. Chinese vowels and diphthongs\u003cbr\u003e 47. Chinese tones\u003cbr\u003e 48. 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