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A Grammar of Prinmi

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A Grammar of Prinmi represents the first in-depth description of a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the Pǔmǐ Nationality and the Zàng Nationality (in Mùlǐ, Sichuan) in southwest China. Prinmi belon...
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A Grammar of Prinmi represents the first in-depth description of a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the Pǔmǐ Nationality and the Zàng Nationality (in Mùlǐ, Sichuan) in southwest China. Prinmi belongs to the Qiangic branch and is closely related to the extinct language of Tangut.
Picus Ding examines in the grammar the phonology (both segmental and suprasegmental), morphology, syntax and information structure of Prinmi, with two sample texts and an English-Prinmi glossary provided in appendices. Some noteworthy features of Prinmi include a wealth of clitics (appearing as proclitic, enclitic, mesoclitic or endoclitic), a lexical tone system akin to Japanese, and a collection of existential verbs that discriminates concreteness, animacy, and location.
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Price: $222.00
Pages: 22
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Brill's Tibetan Studies Library
Publication Date: 06 June 2014
ISBN: 9789004277823
Format: Hardcover
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Picus S. Ding, Ph.D. (1998), Australian National University, teaches at the School of Humanities of the University of Hong Kong. His research and publications concern largely languages of China and languages in the Sinosphere, especially minority languages.