Re: Phaleran: the Webpage.

On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, BP Jonsson wrote:

> At 20:20 +0200 12.6.1999, Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
> [snippo grande]
> >My Tibetan teacher was already satisfied if we'd pronouns everything
> >about right, no matter the tones. He was more interested in the grammar,
> >and whether we got the meaning of the little ditties of the seventh Dalai
> >Lama!
>
> And right he did!  Scholars I trust do however accept/themselves make the
> analysis that Hlasa Tibetan has an aspirated/unaspirated distinction in
> dental, alveopalatal and retroflex affricates, as well as in mediopalatal
> stops.  Central Tibetan dialects other than Hlasa also have voiced stops
> with optional prenasalization, but no aspirated counterparts, and only in
> low-tone words.  Sanskrit voiced aspirates merge with these.
>
Would you know of some good modern Tibetan grammar? All I have comes
close is van Driem's Grammar of Dzonkha, the rather flawed first edition.
I've seen some interesting works on, for instance, the ergative in Tibetan,
but I've never come across a good all-round description.

Boudewijn Rempt  | http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt