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Studies in the Grammatical Tradition in Tibet
John Benjamins Publishing Company 1976; US$ 158.00This volume reprints ? with additions and corrections ? seven papers originally published 1962?1973, on the indigenous grammars of Tibet and their linguistic tradition. Two ancient treatises commonly attributed to ?Thon-mi Sambhoṭa? are studied extensively, as well as extracts from many other Tibetan texts, with translations, commentaries, and... more...
Rough Guide Phrasebook: Mandarin Chinese
Rough Guides 2011; US$ 8.99Make the most of your trip with the Rough Guide Mandarin Chinese Phrasebook. Find the perfect word or phrase for every situation Use extensive two-way dictionary packed with vocabulary Choose food and drink from any menu Check ou t travel tips and a regional pronunciation guide Listen to correct pronunciation of essential dialogues DOWNLOAD... more...
Rough Guide Phrasebook: Thai
Rough Guides 2011; US$ 8.99Make the most of your trip with the Rough Guide Thai Phrasebook. Find the perfect word or phrase for every situation Use extensive two-way dictionary packed with vocabulary Choose food and drink from any menu Check ou t travel tips and a regional pronunciation guide Listen to correct pronunciation of essential dialogues DOWNLOAD EASY... more...
Rough Guide Phrasebook: Turkish
Rough Guides 2011; US$ 8.99Make the most of your trip with the Rough Guide Turkish Phrasebook. Find the perfect word or phrase for every situation Use extensive two-way dictionary packed with vocabulary Choose food and drink from any menu Check ou t travel tips and a regional pronunciation guide Listen to correct pronunciation of essential dialogues DOWNLOAD EASY... more...
Tibetan
John Benjamins Publishing Company 1999; US$ 188.00The Tibetan language comprises a wide range of spoken and written varieties whose known history dates from the 7th century AD to the present day. Its speakers inhabit a vast area in Central Asia and the Himalayas extending into seven modern nation states, while its abundant literature includes much of vital importance to the study of Buddhism. After... more...
Tibeto-Burman Tonology
John Benjamins Publishing Company 1987; US$ 224.00This monograph lays the foundation for a prosodological theory of Tibeto-Burman languages within a comparative and reconstructional framework. It is primarily based on data collections of mostly unknown languages on which the author worked for more than 10 years on several projects. This comparative study of tonology represents a significant contribution... more...
Componential Analysis of Lushai Phonology
John Benjamins Publishing Company 1975; US$ 102.00The aim of this essay is to present a phonological analysis of Lushai, a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Mizoram province of India, in terms of componential features applying ? as mutation rules ? to the morphophonological level. An analysis of this nature becomes possible if the concepts of phonological extension systems and redundancy-free representations... more...
Yijing, Shamanic Oracle of China
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2011; US$ 39.95This new translation of the Yijing offers a traditional reading that refreshes and expands on the original text making it relevant for the modern world. It provides a detailed commentary explaining the underlying structure, philosophy and history of the book, and gives practical instructions for consulting the oracle using yarrow sticks or coins. more...
Chinese Literature
Oxford University Press, USA 2011; US$ 9.99Perhaps nowhere else has literature been as conscious a collective endeavor as in China, and China's survival over three thousand years may owe more to its literary traditions than to its political history. This Very Short Introduction tells the story of more...
Units in Mandarin Conversation
John Benjamins Publishing Company 1996; US$ 158.00This book provides a new way of studying grammar. The basic thrust of the book is to investigate grammar based on a prosodic unit, the intonation unit (IU), in spontaneous speech. The author challenges the dominant practice in the study of syntax, which has been to focus on the unit of the artificially constructed sentence. The book shows that some... more...









