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1 online resource. |
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Brill's Tibetan studies library
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Languages of the greater Himalayan region ; volume 19
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Languages of the greater Himalayan region ; volume 19.
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Brill's Tibetan studies library.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Tangam is a critically endangered Trans-Himalayan (Tibeto-Burman) language spoken by around 150 hilltribespeople in the far Eastern Himalaya. A member of the Tani subgroup of Trans-Himalayan, Tangam is mutually-unintelligible with other languages of this otherwise relatively homogeneous subgroup. This is demonstrated to be a consequence of Tangam's early-branching status within the Western Tani subgroup, subsequent contact with Eastern Tani languages, and historical relationship with speakers of Bodic languages.0Based on three field trips to the Tangam-speaking area over two years, this work presents a brief but comprehensive cultural, historical and grammatical introduction to the Tangam language, together with a trilingual lexicon in Tangam, English and Minyong, and a collection of fully-analysed texts. It will be of interest to linguists and anthropologists of the Himalayan region, as well as to historical linguists and language typologists. |
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""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements and Dedication""; ""List of Plates, Figures, and Tables""; ""Orthography and Other Conventions""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction to Tangam Language and Culture""; ""A Who and Where are the Tangam?""; ""B Linguistic and Cultural Context""; ""C Material Culture and Traditions""; ""D Looking Ahead""; ""Chapter 2 Grammar""; ""A Phonology and Morphophonology""; ""1 Segmental Phonology""; ""1.1 Segment Inventory""; ""1.2 Phonemicity of Segments""; ""1.3 Historical Phonology""; ""2 Syllable Structure"" |
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""2.1 Resyllabification of V. VV and VV. V Sequences""""3 Stress""; ""4 Tone""; ""5 Phonological Processes I: Syllable Initials""; ""5.1 Alternation among l and r""; ""5.2 Alternation among s and h""; ""5.3 Intervocalic Glide Deletion""; ""6 Phonological Processes II: Syllable Finals""; ""6.1 Type 1 â#x80;#x93; Light Syllables; Rhyme = -V""; ""6.2 Type 2 â#x80;#x93; Heavy Syllables; Rhyme = -VË#x90;""; ""6.3 Type 3 â#x80;#x93; Heavy Syllables; Rhyme = -VÅ#x8B;""; ""6.4 Type 4 â#x80;#x93; Heavy Syllables; Rhyme = -Vk""; ""6.5 Type 5 â#x80;#x93; Heavy Syllables; Rhyme = -Vt""; ""6.6 Type 6 â#x80;#x93; Heavy Syllables; Rhyme = -Vn"" |
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""6.7 Summary of Processes Affecting Syllable Finals""""7 Phonological and Grammatical Words""; ""B Lexicon and Morphology""; ""8 Morphological Classes""; ""9 Overview of Major Lexical Classes and Word Structures""; ""10 Noun and Adjective Types and Structures""; ""10.1 Common Nouns and Adjectives""; ""10.2 Kinship Terms""; ""10.3 Time Nouns""; ""10.4 Adjective""; ""11 Verb and Predicate Types and Structures""; ""11.1 Predicate Types and Structures""; ""11.2 Verb Types and Predicate Transitivity""; ""11.3 Existence""; ""11.4 Speech, Perception and Cognition""; ""11.5 Predicate Derivations"" |
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""11.6 Predicate Inflections""""12 Minor Word Classes""; ""12.1 Adverbs""; ""12.2 Ideophones""; ""12.3 Particles""; ""C Syntax""; ""13 Noun Phrase""; ""13.1 Pronouns""; ""13.2 Premodifiers 1: Genitive Phrases""; ""13.3 Premodifiers 2: Nominalized Clauses and Relative Clause Formation""; ""13.4 Post-modifiers: Numerals, Classifiers, Relator Nouns and Qualifying Nouns""; ""13.5 Referential and Relational Marking""; ""13.6 Coordination""; ""14 Predicate Phrase""; ""15 Clause Types""; ""15.1 Predicative Clauses""; ""15.2 Appositive Clauses""; ""16 Dependent Clauses""; ""16.1 Finite Conjoined"" |
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""16.2 Co-Subordinate""""16.3 Adverbial""; ""16.4 Reported Speech and Related Complementation Constructions""; ""17 Derived Clause Structures (Voice Constructions)""; ""17.1 Applicative""; ""17.2 Passive""; ""17.3 Autonomous/Reflexive (â#x80;#x9C;Middleâ#x80;#x9D;)""; ""17.4 Collective and Reciprocal""; ""18 Non-Declarative Speech Acts""; ""18.1 Interrogative Clauses""; ""18.2 Imperative and Hortative Clauses""; ""Chapter 3 Lexicon""; ""Index 1: English to Tangam""; ""Index 2: Lower Adi to Tangam""; ""Chapter 4 Texts""; ""Text 1""; ""Text 2""; ""Text 3""; ""Text 4""; ""Bibliography"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Tangam dialect.
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Tangam dialect. |
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Tangam dialect -- Texts.
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Texts.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Lipir, Dugbang, translator, author.
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Modi, Yankee, translator, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Post, Mark W. Tangam language. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017] 9789004344327 (DLC) 2017012111 |
| ISBN |
9789004344884 (E-book) |
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9004344888 (E-book) |
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9789004344327 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9004344322 |
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