Relative Tense and Aspectual Values in Tibetan Languages

✍ Scribed by Bettina Zeisler, Anju Saxena

Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Leaves: 1013
Series: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs, Vol. 150
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

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.

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