Hill, Nathan W. (2011) 'Multiple Origins of Tibetan o.' Language and Linguistics, 12 (3). pp. 707-721.
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Abstract
Widespread agreement prevails that Tibetan o is the result of the merger of several distinct sounds in proto-Tibeto-Burman. Here I attempt to reconcile Matisoff and Gong’s presentations of the origins of Written Tibetan o, making fuller use of philological evidence than Matisoff and taking advantage of a more recent version of Old Chinese than Gong. A number of sound laws are proposed to explain the relevant vowel correspondences among Tibetan, Burmese, and Chinese.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| SOAS Departments & Centres: | Departments and Subunits > Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures Legacy Departments > Faculty of Languages and Cultures > Department of the Languages and Cultures of China and Inner Asia Legacy Departments > Faculty of Languages and Cultures > Department of Linguistics |
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PI Oriental languages and literatures P Language and Literature > PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania |
| ISSN: | 1606822x |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Jul 2011 09:09 |
| URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/12124 |
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