Sino-Tibetan : A Conspectus (Paperback)

1. Introduction; 2. Taxonomy (general); 3. Taxonomy (Sino-Tibetan); 4. Tibeto-Burman classification; 5. Tibeto-Burman reconstruction (history); 6. Tibeto-Burman primary sources; 7. Tibeto-Burman consonants (general; final); 8. Tibeto-Burman consonants (initial); 9. Tibeto-Burman consonant clusters; 10. Tibeto-Burman vowels (finals; dipthongs); 11. Tibeto-Burman vowels (medials); 12. Tibeto-Burman tones; 13. Tibeto-Burman morphology (history); 14. Tibeto-Burman morphology (categories); 15. Tibeto-Burman pronouns; 16. Tibeto-Burman numerals; 17. Tibeto-Burman morphology and syntax (general); 18. Tibeto-Burman affixes (special); 19. Tibeto-Burman affixes (general); 20. Tibeto-Burman dental suffixes; 21. Tibeto-Burman prefixes (general); 22. Tibeto-Burman prefixed s-; 23. Tibeto-Burman prefixed r-; 24. Tibeto-Burman prefixed b-; 25. Tibeto-Burman prefixed g-; 26. Tibeto-Burman prefixed d-; 27. Tibeto-Burman prefixed m-; 28. Tibeto-Burman prefixed a-; 29. Tibeto-Burman alternation (consonantal, vocalic); 30. Karen (general); 31. Karen morphology (categories) and syntax; 32. Karen pronouns; 33. Karen numerals; 34. Karen prefixes; 35. Karen initial consonants and clusters; 36. Karen final consonants and medial vowels; 37. Karen final vowels and semi-vowels; 38. Karen tones; 39. Chinese (general, history); 40. Chinese morphology (prefixes, suffices, alternation); 41. Chinese pronouns; 42. Chinese numerals; 43. Chinese phonology (history); 44. Chinese consonants (initials, finals); 45. Chinese consonant clusters; 46. Chinese vowels and diphthongs; 47. Chinese tones; 48. Resume (Chinese); Appendices.