Tangut Language and Manuscripts: An Introduction

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BRILL, 8 черв. 2020 р. - 564 стор.
This book is the first comprehensive introduction to the Tangut language and culture. Five of the fisteen chapters survey the history of Western Xia and the evolution of Tangut Studies, including new advancements in the field, such as research on the recently decoded Tangut cursive writings found in Khara-Khoto documents. The other ten chapters provide an introduction to the Tangut language: its origins, script, characters, grammars, translations, textual and contextual readings. In this synthesis of historical narratives and linguistic analysis, the renowned Tangutologist Shi Jinbo offers a guided access to the mysterious civilisation of the ‘Great State White and High’ to both a specialized and a general audience.
 

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Introduction
1
Chapter 1 History and Society of Western Xia
6
Chapter 2 Tangut Manuscripts
33
Chapter 3 Tangut Bibliology and Bibliography
82
Chapter 4 Structure and Features of the Tangut Script
141
Chapter 5 Phonetics and Vocabulary
162
Chapter 6 Parts of Speech
209
Chapter 7 Phrases and Word Order
247
Chapter 10 Existential Verbs
317
Chapter 11 Prepositional Particles
356
Chapter 12 Rime Transformation and Person Agreement in Tangut Verbs
396
Chapter 13 Proper Nouns and Kinship Terms
433
Chapter 14 Interpretation of Tangut Social Documents and the Cursive Script
467
Chapter 15 Translation and Punctuation
502
Afterword
531
Bibliography
537

Chapter 8 Sentences and Syntax
265
Chapter 9 Cases and CaseMarkers
294

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