Relative Tense and Aspectual Values in Tibetan Languages A Comparative Study

Main description: This study presents a comparative approach to a universal theory of TENSE, ASPECT and MOOD, combining the methods of comparative and historical linguistics, fieldwork, text linguistics, and philology. The parts of the book discuss and describe (i) the concepts of TENSE, ASPECT and...

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Main Author: Zeisler, Bettina
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin De Gruyter
Series:Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]
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520 |a Main description: This study presents a comparative approach to a universal theory of TENSE, ASPECT and MOOD, combining the methods of comparative and historical linguistics, fieldwork, text linguistics, and philology. The parts of the book discuss and describe (i) the concepts of TENSE, ASPECT and MOOD; (ii) the Tibetan system of RELATIVE TENSE and aspectual values, with main sections on Old and Classical Tibetan, "Lhasa" Tibetan, and East Tibetan (Amdo and Kham); and (iii) West Tibetan (Ladakhi, Purik, Balti); Part (iv) presents the comparative view. 
520 |a Review text: "This volume is an extremely impressive contribution to Tibetian linguistics."Scott DeLancey in: Geolinguistics 31/2005 
520 |a Biographical note: Bettina Zeisler is working in a research project at the University of Tübingen, Germany.