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The Classical Tibetan Language - Couverture souple

Beyer, Stephan V

 
9780791411001: The Classical Tibetan Language
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0791411001 ISBN 13 : 9780791411001
Editeur : SUNY Press, 1992

Synopsis

Among Asian languages, Tibetan is second only to Chinese in the depth of its historical record, with texts dating back as far as the eighth and ninth centuries, written in an alphabetic script that preserves the contemporaneous phonological features of the language.

The Classical Tibetan Language is the first comprehensive description of the Tibetan language and is distinctive in that it treats the classical Tibetan language on its own terms rather than by means of descriptive categories appropriate to other languages, as has traditionally been the case. Beyer presents the language as a medium of literary expression with great range, power, subtlety, and humor, not as an abstract object. He also deals comprehensively with a wide variety of linguistic phenomena as they are actually encountered in the classical texts, with numerous examples of idioms, common locutions, translation devices, neologisms, and dialectal variations.

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À propos de l'auteur

Stephan V. Beyer has a Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies and is author of The Cult of Tara: Magic and Rituals in Tibet and The Buddhist Experience. He is currently an attorney and partner at Sidley and Austin in Chicago.

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Éditeur
SUNY Press
Date d'édition
1992
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0791411001
ISBN 13 
9780791411001
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
503
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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