"This volume is part of the research results of the international symposium, 'Linguistic Substrata in the Tibeto-Burman Area,' held on the 9th through 11th September 2008 at the National Museum of Ethnology"--P. i. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Pronomials and directives : Directional prefixes in nDrapa and neighboring languages : an areal feature of western Sichuan / Satoko Shirai. On the verbal affixes in west Himalayan / Yoshiharu Takahashi. On the rise of the classifier system in Newar / Kazuyuki Kiryu. The origin of non-Tibetan words in the Tibetan dialects of the ethnic corridor in west Sichuan / Hiroyuki Suzuki -- Zhangzhung and Old Tibetan: Some notes on gold and road in Zhangshung and Tamangic / Isao Honda. Zhangshung and Qiangic languages / Guillaume Jacques. Zhangzhung and Gyarong / Yasuhiko Nagano. The present stage of deciphering Old Zhangzhung / Tsuguhito Takeuchi and Ai Nishida -- Comparison, typology and sub-grouping: When the majority rule does not apply : ergative to accusative drift in Austronesian languages and how we know / Ritsuko Kikusawa. Challenging the status-quo : drift, direct, direct inheritance and reconstruction / Lawrence A. Reid. Is there a Himalayan tone typology? / Jonathan P. Evans. Shared morphology in Qiang and Tibetan / Huang Chenglong -- Some critical eyes on linguistic substrata : Causes and effects of substratum, superstratum and adstratum influence, with reference to Tibeto-Burman languages / Randy J. LaPolla. The historical development of Youle Jino / Norihiko Hayashi. The application of substrate theory in research on the ethnic languages of China / Dai Qingxia. Stable roots in Sino-Tibetan/Tibeto-Burman / James A. Matisoff. How to establish substratum interference / Sarah G. Thomason.
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