Review of "Languages of the greater Himalayan region, vol. 1 Rabha"

Brill publishers (Leiden, Netherlands) has put out an impressive number of Tibeto-Burman reference grammars in its Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region sub-series (editor, George van Driem, contained within the Tibetan Studies Library). This review concerns U.V. Joseph‟s 2007 descriptive...

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Main Author: Hildebrandt, Kristine A.
Other Authors: Southern Illinois University
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/177704
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:Brill publishers (Leiden, Netherlands) has put out an impressive number of Tibeto-Burman reference grammars in its Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region sub-series (editor, George van Driem, contained within the Tibetan Studies Library). This review concerns U.V. Joseph‟s 2007 descriptive and comparative grammar of Róngdani Rabha (endonym: Rábatang), a Bodo-Garo language spoken in Assam, in North East India. This review is organized into summaries of each chapter, along with comments on particular strengths or gaps.