An Inventory of Tibetan Sound Laws

Scholars of Indo-European historical linguistics have long found it convenient to refer to well known sound changes by the name of the researcher who first noticed the correspondences the sound change accounts for. Because of the proven utility of such named sound laws in Indo-European linguistics,...

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Published inJournal of the Royal Asiatic Society Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 441 - 457
Main Author HILL, NATHAN W.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.10.2011
Subjects
African studies
Consonants
Diachronic linguistics
Diachrony and historical linguistics
Dictionaries
Gongs
Indo-European languages
Language
Language history
Linguistics
Morphology
Naming
Palatal consonants
Phonology
Researchers
Rule of law
Sound
Sound change
Spelling
Syllables
Tibeto Burman languages
Velar consonants
Verbs
Vowels
Phonology
Phonological change
Tibetan
Historical linguistics
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Summary:Scholars of Indo-European historical linguistics have long found it convenient to refer to well known sound changes by the name of the researcher who first noticed the correspondences the sound change accounts for. Because of the proven utility of such named sound laws in Indo-European linguistics, the explicit listing and naming of sound laws in the Tibeto-Burman family could be expected to bring similar benefits.
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ISSN:1356-1863
2051-2066
1474-0591
DOI:10.1017/S1356186311000332