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Contents
Symbols and Abbreviations | xxxi |
Citational and Transcriptional Conventions | xxxvii |
Introduction | 2 |
The PTB syllable canon | 11 |
Prefixes | 87 |
monophthongs and diphthongs | 157 |
Closed rhymes and the role of vowel length | 237 |
Final nasals | 247 |
Suffixal t | 453 |
Allofamic Variation in Rhymes | 491 |
Conclusion | 535 |
APPENDIX A A Concise Introduction to Old Chinese Phonology | 543 |
APPENDIX B Karlgrens Transcriptional Conventions | 575 |
Index of ProtoRootSyllables | 623 |
| 637 | |
| 677 | |
Final stops | 313 |
Final liquids | 383 |
Rootfinal s | 431 |
Suffixes | 439 |
TB Languages Dialects and Subgroupings | 691 |
Index of Proper Names | 705 |
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Common terms and phrases
Achang affricates Akha allofam attested Bahing Benedict Bisu Bodo-Garo Burmese Burmish Chepang Chin languages Chinese comparanda Chinese Gloss clusters contrast Dayang dental stops dialects Dimasa diphthongs etyma etymon examples final consonant fricatives Garo glottal stop Gong GSTC Hani Himalayish initial consonant Jingpho Jinuo Kamarupan Kanauri Karen labial Lahu Lahu reflex Lakher Lalo Langsu Lepcha liquid Lisu Lolo-Burmese Loloish long vowel Luquan Lushai Maru medial Meithei Middle Chinese Mikir Mojiang morpheme Naga Namuyi Nanhua Nanjian nasal prefix Naxi Naxi Lijiang nouns Nung Nungish Old Chinese Pa-o palatal phonetic preglottalized prenasalized PTB level PTB STC PTB WT Pumi Qiang Qiangic Queyu reconstructed reflects retroflex rGyalrong rhyme root root-initial Sani semantic semivowel Sgaw Shixing Sino-Tibetan STEDT suffix syllable Tangkhul TB languages Tibetan Tiddim tonal variation verbs voiced voiceless WB Lahu words WT Jg Yi Xide Zaiwa ZMYYC
Bibliographic information
| Title | Handbook of Proto-Tibeto-Burman: System and Philosophy of Sino-Tibetan Reconstruction |
| Author | James A. Matisoff |
| Publisher | University of California Press |
| ISBN | 0520098439, 9780520098435 |
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