SOAS Research Online

Book Chapters

Sprigg, R. K. (1989) 'Oral vowels and nasalized vowels in Lepcha (Rong): as the key to a puzzling variation in spelling.' In: Davidson, Jeremy H. C. S., (ed.), Contributions to South-East Asian linguistics: essays in honour of Eugenie J. A. Henderson. London: School of Oriental and African Studies, pp. 219-235.

Sprigg, R. K. (1985) 'Alphabet or syllabary in South East Asia: 'new wine into old bottles.' In: Thurgood, Graham, Matisoff, James A. and Bradley, David, (eds.), Linguistics of the Sino-Tibetan area: the state of the art. Papers presented to Paul K. Benedict for his 71st birthday. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, pp. 105-115.

Sprigg, R. K. (1974) 'The London-school 'systemic value' concept, and hierarchical versus relational analysis.' In: Heilmann, Luigi, (ed.), Proceedings of the Eleventh International Congress of Linguists, Bologna-Florence 1972. Volume 1. Bologna: il Mulino, pp. 667-671.

Sprigg, R. K. (1966) 'Phonological formulae for the verb in Limbu as a contribution to Tibeto-Burman comparison.' In: Bazel, Charles Ernest, (ed.), In memory of J.R. Firth. London: Longmans.

Sprigg, R. K. (1963) 'Prosodic analysis and phonological formulae in Tibeto-Burman linguistic comparison.' In: Shorto, H. L., (ed.), Linguistic Comparison in South East Asia and the Pacific. London: School of Oriental and African Studies, pp. 79-108. (Collected papers in Oriental and African studies)

Sprigg, R. K. (1963) 'A comparison of Arakanese and Burmese based on phonological formulae.' In: Shorto, H. L., (ed.), Linguistic Comparison in South East Asia and the Pacific. London: School of Oriental and African Studies, pp. 109-132.

Sprigg, R. K. (1959) 'Limbu books in the Kiranti Script.' In: Franke, Herbert, (ed.), Akten des vierundzwanzigsten Internationalen Orientalisten-Kongresses München 28. August bis 4. September 1957. Wiesbaden: Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft, in Kommission bei Franz Steiner Verlag, pp. 590-592.

Sprigg, R. K. (1957) 'Junction in spoken Burmese.' In: Studies in linguistic analysis. Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 104-138.

Sprigg, R. K. (1956) 'The tonal system of nouns and adjectives in the Lhasa dialect of spoken Tibetan.' In: Sinor, Denis, (ed.), Proceedings of the 23rd Congress of Orientalists. London: Royal Asiatic Society, pp. 262-263.

Journal Article

Sprigg, R. K. (2005) 'Types of R Prosodic Piece in a Firthian Phonology of English, and Their Vowel and Consonant Systems.' York Papers in Linguistics (Series 2), 4. pp. 125-156.

Sprigg, R. K. (2005) 'The short quantity piece in English lexical items, and its vowel system.' York Papers in Linguistics (Series 2), 4. pp. 157-188.

Sprigg, R. K. (1998) 'Original and sophisticated features of the Lepcha and Limbu scripts.' Nepalese Linguistics, 15. pp. 1-18.

Sprigg, R. K. (1998) 'The earliest printed books in Lepcha.' Aachuley: A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine, 2 (1). pp. 14-19.

Sprigg, R. K. (1997) 'A Tonal Analysis of Gurung, with Separate Systems for Register and Contour Pitch Features.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 60 (3). pp. 448-454.

Sprigg, R. K. (1997) 'The oldest dated documents of the Lepchas.' Aachuley: A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine, 1 (2). pp. 9-11.

Sprigg, R. K. (1996) 'My Balti-Tibetan and English dictionary, and its predecessors.' The Tibet Journal, 21 (4). pp. 3-22.

Sprigg, R. K. (1995) '1826: The End of an Era in the Social and Political History of Sikkim.' Bulletin of Tibetology, 31. pp. 88-92.

Sprigg, R. K. (1993) 'Controversy in the Tonal Analysis of Tibetan.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 56 (3). pp. 470-501.

Sprigg, R. K. (1992) 'Bantawa Rai s-, t- and z-final verb roots: transitives, intransitives, causatives and directives.' Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 15 (1). pp. 39-52.

Sprigg, R. K. (1991) 'The spelling style pronunciation of Written Tibetan and and the hazards of using citation forms in the phonological analysis of spoken Tibetan.' Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 14 (2). pp. 93-131.

Sprigg, R. K. (1990) 'Tone in Tamang and Tibetan and and the advantages of keeping register-based tone systems separate from contour-based systems.' Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 13 (1). pp. 33-56.

Sprigg, R. K. (1989) 'Review of 'A Grammar of Limbu' by George van Driem.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 52 (1). pp. 163-165.

Sprigg, R. K. (1989) 'The Root Finals of Bantawa Rai Verbs, and the Congruence of Phonology with Grammar and Lexis.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 52 (1). pp. 91-114.

Sprigg, R. K. (1987) '‘Rhinoglottophilia’ revisited: observations on ‘the mysterious connection between nasality and glottality.' Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 10 (1). pp. 44-62.

Sprigg, R. K. (1986) 'Review of Roland Bielmeier, Das Märchen vom Prinzen Čobzaŋ.' Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 9 (2). pp. 83-89.

Sprigg, R. K. (1986) 'The syllable finals of Tibetan loan words in Lepcha orthography.' Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 9 (1). pp. 27-46.

Sprigg, R. K. (1985) 'The Limbu s-final and t-fmal verb roots, after Michailovsky 1979 and Weidert 1982.' Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 8 (2). pp. 1-35.

Sprigg, R. K. (1984) 'The Limbu s-final and t-final verb roots after Michailovsky 1979 and Weidert 1982.' Nepalese Linguistics, 3. pp. 11-55.

Sprigg, R. K. (1983) 'Hooker's Expenses in Sikkim: An Early Lepcha Text.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 46 (2). pp. 305-325.

Sprigg, R. K. (1983) 'Newari as a language without vowel systems.' Nepalese Linguistics, 2. pp. 1-22.

Sprigg, R. K. (1981) 'The Chang-Shefts tonal analysis, and the pitch variation of the Lhasa Tibetan tones.' Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 6 (1). pp. 49-60.

Sprigg, R. K. (1980) ''Vocalic Alternation' in the Balti, the Lhasa, and the Sherpa Verb, as a Guide to Alternations in Written Tibetan, and to Proto-Tibetan Reconstruction.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 43 (1). pp. 110-122.

Sprigg, R. K. (1980) 'Vowel Harmony in Noun-and-Particle Words in the Tibetan of Baltistan.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 43 (3). pp. 511-519.

Sprigg, R. K. (1979) 'The Golok Dialect and Written Tibetan Past-Tense Verb Forms.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 42 (1). pp. 53-60.

Sprigg, R. K. (1978) 'Phonation types: a re-appraisal.' Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 8 (1-2). pp. 2-17.

Sprigg, R. K. (1976) 'Tibetan, its relation with other languages.' Tibetan Review, 11 (4). pp. 14-16.

Sprigg, R. K. (1976) 'The inefficiency of 'tone change' in Sino-Tibetan descriptive linguistics.' Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 2 (2). pp. 173-181.

Sprigg, R. K. (1974) 'Review of Paul Benedict. A Conspectus of Sino-Tibetan Cambridge University Press. 1972.' Asia Major: New series, 19 (1). pp. 100-106.

Sprigg, R. K. (1974) 'The lexical item as a phonetic entity.' Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 4 (1). pp. 20-30.

Sprigg, R. K. (1974) 'The main features of the Tibetan dialect.' Bulletin of Tibetology, 11 (1). pp. 1-15.

Sprigg, R. K. (1972) 'Assimilation, and the definite nominal particle in Balti Tibetan.' Bulletin of Tibetology, 9 (2). pp. 5-19.

Sprigg, R. K. (1972) 'A Polysystemic Approach, in Proto-Tibetan Reconstruction, to Tone and Syllable-Initial Consonant Clusters.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 35 (3). pp. 546-587.

Sprigg, R. K. (1970) 'The Tibeto-Burman group of languages, and its pioneers.' Bulletin of Tibetology, 7 (1). pp. 17-19.

Sprigg, R. K. (1970) 'Vyajñanabhakti, and irregularities in the Tibetan Verb.' Bulletin of Tibetology, 7 (2). pp. 5-20.

Sprigg, R. K. (1968) 'The role of 'R' in the development of the modern spoken Tibetan dialects.' Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 21 (3). pp. 301-311.

Sprigg, R. K. (1967) 'Balti-Tibetan Verb Syllable Finals and a Prosodic Analysis.' Asia Major: New series, 13 (1). pp. 187-210.

Sprigg, R. K. (1966) 'Lepcha and Balti Tibetan, tonal or non tonal.' Asia Major: New series, 12. pp. 185-201.

Sprigg, R. K. (1966) 'The glottal stop and glottal constriction in Lepcha, and borrowing from Tibetan.' Bulletin of Tibetology, 3 (1). pp. 5-14.

Sprigg, R. K. (1965) 'Prosodic Analysis and Burmese Syllable-Initial Features.' Anthropological Linguistics, 7 (6). pp. 59-81.

Sprigg, R. K. (1964) 'Burmese orthography and the tonal classification of Burmese lexical items.' Journal of the Burma Research Society, 47 (2). pp. 415-444.

Sprigg, R. K. (1961) 'Vowel Harmony in Lhasa Tibetan: Prosodic Analysis Applied to Interrelated Vocalic Features of Successive Syllables.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 24 (1). pp. 116-138.

Sprigg, R. K. (1955) 'The Tonal System of Tibetan (Lhasa Dialect) and the Nominal Phrase.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 17 (1). pp. 133-153.

Sprigg, R. K. (1954) 'Verbal Phrases in Lhasa Tibetan--I.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 16 (1). pp. 134-156.

Sprigg, R. K. (1954) 'Verbal Phrases in Lhasa Tibetan--II.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 16 (2). pp. 320-350.

Sprigg, R. K. (1954) 'Verbal Phrases in Lhasa Tibetan--III.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 16 (3). pp. 566-591.

Book Reviews

Sprigg, R. K. (1990) 'M. J. Hutt. Nepali: a national language and its literature.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 53 (1). pp. 155-157.

Sprigg, R. K. (1979) 'A Descriptive Analysis of the Boro Language by Pramod Chandra Bhattacharya.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 42 (2). pp. 393-394.

Sprigg, R. K. (1978) 'Studies in the Grammatical Tradition in Tibet by Roy Andrew Miller.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 41 (1). pp. 184-185.

Sprigg, R. K. (1976) 'K. S. Gurubasave Gowda. Ao grammar.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 39 (2). p. 513.

Sprigg, R. K. (1975) 'Martine Mazaudon. Phonologie tamang: étude phonologique du dialecte tamang de Risiangku.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 38 (2). pp. 461-463.

Sprigg, R. K. (1974) 'James A. Matisoff. The Loloish tonal split rerisited.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 37 (1). pp. 259-262.

Sprigg, R. K. (1972) 'A Reference Grammar of Colloquial Burmese by John Okell.' Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 104 (2). pp. 163-170.

Sprigg, R. K. (1971) 'Review of: Tankhur Naga Vocabulary by D. N. Shankara Bhat.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 34 (2). pp. 427-428.

Sprigg, R. K. (1970) 'D. N. Shankara Bhat: Boro vocabulary (with a grammatical sketch).' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 33 (2). pp. 419-420.

Sprigg, R. K. (1969) 'Pradyumna P. Karan: Bhutan: a physical and aultural geography.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 32 (1). p. 231.

Sprigg, R. K. (1968) 'Burling Robbins. Proto Lolo-Burmense.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 31 (3). pp. 648-649.

Sprigg, R. K. (1967) 'A. Rna-Tas. Tibeto-Mongolica: the Tibetan loanwords of Monguor and the development of the archaic Tibetan dialects.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 30 (1). pp. 216-217.

Sprigg, R. K. (1967) 'Grundlagen der Phonetik des Lhasa-Dialektes by Eberhardt Richter; A Manual of Spoken Tibetan (Lhasa dialect), by Kun Chang and Betty Shefts, with the Help of Nawang Nornang and Lhadon Karsip by Kun Chang; Betty Shefts.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 30 (1). pp. 210-216.

Sprigg, R. K. (1967) 'The Lepchas: Culture and Religion of a Himalayan People 2. by Halfdan Siiger; Jorgen Rischel.' Man, 2 (3). p. 487.

Theses

Sprigg, R. K. (1968) The Phonology of the grammatical constituents of verbal-phrase words in spoken Tibetan (Lhasa Dialect). PhD thesis. SOAS, University of London. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00019875