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UNINA9910456536503321 |
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Autore |
Denwood Philip |
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Titolo |
Tibetan [[electronic resource] /] / Philip Denwood |
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Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub., 1999 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-22242-6 |
9786613222428 |
90-272-8306-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (394 p.) |
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Collana |
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London Oriental and African language library, , 1382-3485 ; ; v. 3 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Tibetan language - Grammar |
Tibetan language - Dialects - China - Lhasa |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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TIBETAN; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; MAP; Table of contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Transcription of Tibetan; 1. Geography; 2. HIstory; 3. Varieties of Tibetan; 4. Levels of AnalysIs; 5. Graphology; 6. Phonology; 7. Nouns and Noun Phrases; 8. Verbs; 9. Verb Phrases; 10. Serial Verbs; 11. Adjectives and Adjective Phrases; 12. Clauses; 13. Subordinate and Nominalised Clauses; 14. Preclassical and Classical Tibetan; 15. Texts; Appendix 1. List of Dialects; Appendix 2. Phonology of Other Dialects; Bibliography; Particle Index; General Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The 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 surveying all the known varieties of Tibetan, including their geographical and historical background, this book concentrates on a phonological and grammatical description of the modern spoken Lhasa dialect, the standard spoken variety. The grammati |
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