The Himalaya and surrounding regions are amongst the world's most linguistically diverse places. Of an estimated 600 languages, few are researched in depth and many virtually undocumented. This volume brings together new work on under-researched Himalayan languages with investigations into the complexities of the area's linguistic history, offering original data and perspectives on the synchrony and diachrony of the Greater Himalayan Region.
Thomas Owen-Smith, Nathan W. Hill (Eds.) Trans-Himalayan Linguistics
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Editor Volker Gast Editorial Board Walter Bisang Jan Terje Faarlund Hans Henrich Hock Natalia Levshina Heiko Narrog Matthias Schlesewsky Amir Zeldes Niina Ning Zhang Editor responsible for this volume Walter Bisang
Volume 266
Trans-Himalayan Linguistics edited by Thomas Owen-Smith and Nathan W. Hill
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List of contributors Roger Blench Kay Williamson Educational Foundation 8 Guest Road, Cambridge, CB1 2AL, UK
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Isao Honda Department of English and Communication Nagoya College, Japan
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Tim Bodt Institut für Sprachwissenschaft Universität Bern, Switzerland
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Christian Huber Phonogrammarchiv Austrian Academy of Sciences Vienna, Austria
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Ilija Čašule Department of Linguistics Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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[email protected] Nathan Hill Department of Linguistics School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK
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Gwendolyn Hyslop ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Australia
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