Book review
Nathan W. Hill. The Historical Phonology of Tibetan, Burmese, and Chinese. Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Tibetan
- 2.1Li Fang-Kuei’s law
- 2.2Controversies
- 2.3Analogy
- 3.Chinese
- 4.Trans-Himalayan comparison
- 5.Conclusion
- Notes
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References
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