Review of Handbook of Proto-Tibeto-Burman: System and Philosophy of Sino-Tibetan Reconstruction. By James A. Matisoff. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003

Hill, Nathan W.

Abstract

Proposing many new cognate sets and building on many decades of his own previous research, Matisoff (2003) represents a major contribution to Tibeto-Burman linguistics. Unfortunately, Matisoff’s use of Tibetan is marred by errors of fact and analysis, which together undermine confidence in his reconstructions.

Citation

Hill, N. W. (2009). Review of Handbook of Proto-Tibeto-Burman: System and Philosophy of Sino-Tibetan Reconstruction. By James A. Matisoff. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003. Language and linguistics = 語言暨語言學, 10(1), 173-195

• Journal Article Type: Book Review
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2009
• Deposit Date: Jan 6, 2009
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 22, 2025
• Print ISSN: 1606-822X
• Electronic ISSN: 2309-5067
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 173-195
• Item Discussed: Handbook of Proto-Tibeto-Burman: System and Philosophy of Sino-Tibetan Reconstruction
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