LEADER 02975nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910456536503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-22242-6 010 $a9786613222428 010 $a90-272-8306-0 035 $a(CKB)2550000000042965 035 $a(EBL)784241 035 $a(OCoLC)744354273 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000642074 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11398717 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000642074 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10629691 035 $a(PQKB)10320827 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC784241 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL784241 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10488490 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL322242 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000042965 100 $a19990607d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTibetan$b[electronic resource] /$fPhilip Denwood 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aPhiladelphia $cJohn Benjamins Pub.$d1999 215 $a1 online resource (394 p.) 225 1 $aLondon Oriental and African language library,$x1382-3485 ;$vv. 3 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-272-3803-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aTIBETAN; 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 330 $aThe Tibetan language comprises a wide range of spoken and written varieties whose known history dates from the 7th century AD to the present day. Its speakers inhabit a vast area in Central Asia and the Himalayas extending into seven modern nation states, while its abundant literature includes much of vital importance to the study of Buddhism. After surveying all the known varieties of Tibetan, including their geographical and historical background, this book concentrates on a phonological and grammatical description of the modern spoken Lhasa dialect, the standard spoken variety. The grammati 410 0$aLondon Oriental and African language library ;$vv. 3. 606 $aTibetan language$xGrammar 606 $aTibetan language$xDialects$zChina$zLhasa 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTibetan language$xGrammar. 615 0$aTibetan language$xDialects 676 $a495/.482421 700 $aDenwood$b Philip$0905596 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456536503321 996 $aTibetan$92025722 997 $aUNINA