Bawm Language and Lore : Tibeto-Burman Area

Name: Bawm Language and Lore
Brand: Peter Lang AG
SKU: 9783261049353
Price: 8850 KES
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ISBN: 9783261049353

by Verena Reichle

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series European University Studies

ISBN-10 3261049359

ISBN-13 9783261049353

Publisher Peter Lang AG

Imprint Peter Lang AG

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Dec 31st, 1981

Print length 270 Pages

Weight 326 grams

Dimensions 15.00 x 21.00 x 1.60 cms

Product Classification: Indo-Iranian languages Tibetan Linguistics

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Bawm is spoken by the Bawm-Zo, a tribal society of the Chin family living in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh and the adjoining areas of India and Burma. Their language is Tibeto-Burman of the Central Kuki group. It is spoken in two variants, a tonal and an atonal one. The noun phrases are distinguished on the principle of ergativity. The grammar is neither transformational nor otherwise designed for computers to read, but for humans to understand. Every textual example of Bawm is provided with a morpheme-for-morpheme translation into English, which makes it possible to use the grammar for comparative purposes in language typology. The two folklore texts about the lives of Bawm tribal chiefs provide interesting insight into the culture and society of the Bawm-Zo.

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