Tibeto-Burman Tonology

A Comparative Analysis

Alfons Weidert

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This 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 not only to the historical-comparative study of Tibeto-Burman, but also to the larger field of linguistic theory, especially now that the subject increasingly begins to be approached along diachronic lines. With this in mind, it is hoped that this work will provoke future research in the field.

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 54] 1987. xvii, 512 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.54

Table of Contents

Acknowledgment | p. v

List of charts | p. xiv

Abbreviations | p. xvi

Explanation of phonetic symbols and diacritics | p. xvi

1. Introductory remarks and summary of content | p. 1

2. Phonation types of chepang | p. 8

3. The glottal stop or creaky phonation in Limbu | p. 37

4. Tonal comparison of Lolo-Burmese with other tibeto-Burman languages | p. 82

5. Is *B/TC-III a reconstructible entity of proto-Tibeto-Burman? | p. 173

6. Tone Categories in the north Assam division | p. 215

7. Phonation and tone in the Tamang/Gurung/Thalaki nucleus | p. 260

8. The development of tone systems in the Karen languages | p. 313

9. Phonation and tonology of stopped syllables | p. 368

10. Outlook on further tonogenetic investigations | p. 483

Footnotes | p. 493

Etymological index | p. 497

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