Medieval Tibeto-Burman Languages IV

Nathan W. Hill, Ph.D. (2009), Harvard University, is senior lector in Tibetan at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He has published extensively on Tibetan and Tibeto-Burman historical linguistics including A Lexicon of Tibetan Verb Stems as Reported by the Grammatical Tradition (Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2010).

• 0. Nathan W. HILL—Introduction1. Christian BAUER—When Did Middle Mon Begin?2. Rudolf A. YANSON—Aspiration in the Burmese Phonological System: A Diachronic Account3. Heleen PLAISIER—Two Lepcha delúk Texts4. IKEDA Takumi—Highlights in the Decipherment of the Nam Language5. Uwe KRECH—A Preliminary Reassessment of the Pyu Faces of the Myazedi Inscriptions at Pagan6. ARAKAWA Shintarō—Re-analysis of “Tangut-Tibetan” Phonological Materials7. IKEDA Takumi—Verbs of Existence in Tangut and Mu-nya8. Guillaume JACQUES—The Tangut Kinship System in Qiangic Perspective9. NIÈ Hóngyīn—Notes on the Predicative Personal Suffixes of the Tangut Language10. Kirill SOLONIN—The Chán Teaching of Nányáng Huìzhōng (-775) in Tangut Translation11. SŪN Bójūn and Chung-pui TAI—Features of the Tangut Consonant System as Reflected in Sanskrit-Tangut Transliterations12. Nathan W. HILL—Tibetan Palatalization and the gy versus g.y Distinction13. ISHIKAWA Iwao—A Note on the Theme and the Author of PT 239 Recto 39914. Sam VAN SCHAIK—The Origin of the Headless Script (dbu med) in Tibet15. Halina WASILEWSKA—Orthography of Traditional Yi Writing: Conventions of Sign Use in the Ritual Scriptures of the Yi