Proto Northern Chin (STEDT Monograph Series)

Christopher Button

ISBN 10: 0944613497 / ISBN 13: 9780944613498

Published by University of California, Berkeley: STEDT Project, 2011

About this Item

ii, 113, 80 pages ; 28 cm. The work is based on fieldwork conducted by Button in Burma (2006-07) on six Northern Chin languages (Mizo, Zahau, Thado, Zo, Tedim, Sizang) and is divided into two sections. Contents: V. 1. An old Burmese and old Chinese perspective v. 2. An etymological dictionary of northern Chin.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Proto Northern Chin (STEDT Monograph Series)
• Publisher: University of California, Berkeley: STEDT Project
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0944613497
• ISBN 13: 9780944613498
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Southeast Asia
  • Language
  • Linguistics

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Synopsis

The work is based on fieldwork conducted by Button in Burma (2006-07) on six Northern Chin languages (Mizo, Zahau, Thado, Zo, Tedim, Sizang) and is divided into two sections. Volume 1, An Old Burmese and Old Chinese Perspective, includes chapters on Northern Chin Phonology, Northern Chin Morphology, Old Burmese, Old Chinese, Sino-Tibetan/Tibeto-Burman, and concludes with a list of Sino-Tibetan Comparative Sets. Volume 2, An Etymological Dictionary of Northern Chin, is devoted entirely to Proto Northern Chin reconstructions.