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A Rule-based Part-of-speech Tagger for Classical Tibetan (2014)
Journal Article
Garrett, E., Hill, N. W., & Zadoks, A. (2014). A Rule-based Part-of-speech Tagger for Classical Tibetan. Himalayan linguistics, 13(2), 9-57. https://doi.org/10.5070/H913224023

This paper reports on the development of a rule-based part-of-speech tagger for Classical Tibetan. Far from being an obscure tool of minor utility to scholars, the rule-based tagger is a key component of a larger initiative aimed at radically transfo... Read More about A Rule-based Part-of-speech Tagger for Classical Tibetan.

Cognates of Old Chinese *-n, *-r, and *-j in Tibetan and Burmese (2014)
Journal Article
Hill, N. W. (2014). Cognates of Old Chinese *-n, *-r, and *-j in Tibetan and Burmese. Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale, 43(2), 91-109. https://doi.org/10.1163/19606028-00432p02

Following a suggestion of Starostin (1989), Baxter & Sagart (2011) reconstruct *-n, *-j, and *-r as distinct finals in Old Chinese. These three finals have regular correspondences
in Tibetan and Burmese. The Trans-Himalayan proto-language distinguis... Read More about Cognates of Old Chinese *-n, *-r, and *-j in Tibetan and Burmese.

Sino-Tibetan: Part 2 Tibetan (2014)
Book Chapter
Hill, N. W. (2014). Sino-Tibetan: Part 2 Tibetan. In R. Lieber, & P. Štekauer (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Derivational Morphology (620-630). Oxford University Press

A Gter ma of Negatives. H.E. Richardson's photographic negatives of manuscript copies of Tibetan Imperial Inscriptions possibly collected by Rig 'dzin Tshe dbang nor bu in the 18th Century CE recently found in the Bodleian Library, Oxford (2014)
Book Chapter
Manson, C., & Hill, N. W. (2014). A Gter ma of Negatives. H.E. Richardson's photographic negatives of manuscript copies of Tibetan Imperial Inscriptions possibly collected by Rig 'dzin Tshe dbang nor bu in the 18th Century CE recently found in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. In K. Tropper (Ed.), Epigraphic Evidence in the Pre-modern Buddhist World: Proceedings of the Eponymous Conference Held in Vienna, 14-15 Oct. 2011 (83-115). Arbeitskreis für Tibetische und Buddhistischen Studien, Universität Wien

A Typological Perspective on Classical Mongolian Indirect Speech (2014)
Journal Article
Hill, N. W. (2014). A Typological Perspective on Classical Mongolian Indirect Speech. Central Asiatic journal, 56, 11-18. https://doi.org/10.13173/centasiaj.56.2013.0011

Classical Mongolian has two types of speech, direct speech and hybrid indirect speech. However, due to subsequent simplifications, we can re-label ' hybrid indirect
speech' as 'indirect speech'_ Japhug Rgyalrong, Lhasa Tibetan, and Classical Mongoli... Read More about A Typological Perspective on Classical Mongolian Indirect Speech.

Proto-Kuki-Chin initials according to Toru Ohno and Kenneth VanBik (2014)
Journal Article
Hill, N. W. (2014). Proto-Kuki-Chin initials according to Toru Ohno and Kenneth VanBik. Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society, 7, 11-30

Relying on the legacy of Ohno (1965), several scholars have made more recent forays into the reconstruction of Kuki-Chin initials (Khoi 2001, VanBik 2009, Button 2011). A comparison of Ohno’s and VanBik’s systems permits an overview of progress made... Read More about Proto-Kuki-Chin initials according to Toru Ohno and Kenneth VanBik.

Some Tibetan verb forms that violate Dempsey’s law (2014)
Journal Article
Hill, N. W. (2014). Some Tibetan verb forms that violate Dempsey’s law. Revue d'études tibétaines, 29, 91-101

According to Dempsey's law (*-eṅ > iṅ, *-eg > -ig) there should be no inherited Tibetan words that end in the rimes -eṅ and -eg. Although some words of this type exist, a number of these may be explained as analogical developments.

Tibeto-Burman *dz- > Tibetan z- and Related Proposals (2014)
Book Chapter
Hill, N. W. (2014). Tibeto-Burman *dz- > Tibetan z- and Related Proposals. In R. V. Simmons, & N. A. van Auken (Eds.), Studies in Chinese and Sino-Tibetan Linguistics: Dialect, Phonology, Transcription and Text (167-178). Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica

Conrady, Li and others have noticed the Tibetan sound changes *ḫz > ḫdz and *ḫź > ḫǰ, but there is also evidence for the changes *dz > z and *ǰ > ź (first noted by Schiefner). After presenting the evidence for *dz > z and *ǰ > ź respectively, this pa... Read More about Tibeto-Burman *dz- > Tibetan z- and Related Proposals.

A Note on Voicing Alternation in the Tibetan Verbal System (2014)
Journal Article
Hill, N. W. (2014). A Note on Voicing Alternation in the Tibetan Verbal System. Transactions of the Philological Society, 112(1), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-968X.12006

A recent paper on the prehistory of the Tibetan verbal system by Guillaume Jacques (2012), in keeping with many previous authorities, presents Tibetan verbs as occurring in pairs, with a voiced intransitive and a voice-alternating transitive member.... Read More about A Note on Voicing Alternation in the Tibetan Verbal System.

Introduction (2014)
Book Chapter
Owen-Smith, T., & Hill, N. W. (2014). Introduction. In T. Owen-Smith, & N. W. Hill (Eds.), Trans-Himalayan Linguistics: Historical and Descriptive Linguistics of the Himalayan Area (1-10). Mouton de Gruyter

Trans-Himalayan Linguistics: Historical and Descriptive Linguistics of the Himalayan Area (2014)
Book
Owen-Smith, T., & Hill, N. W. (Eds.). (2014). Trans-Himalayan Linguistics: Historical and Descriptive Linguistics of the Himalayan Area. De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110310832

The Himalaya and surrounding regions are amongst the world's most linguistically diverse places. Of an estimated 600 languages spoken here at Asia's heart, few are researched in depth and many virtually undocumented. Historical developments and relat... Read More about Trans-Himalayan Linguistics: Historical and Descriptive Linguistics of the Himalayan Area.

ḥdug as a testimonial marker in Classical and Old Tibetan (2013)
Journal Article
Hill, N. W. (2013). ḥdug as a testimonial marker in Classical and Old Tibetan. Himalayan linguistics, 12(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.5070/H912123714

DeLancey (1992) and Hongladarom (1994) suppose that
ḥdug means 'sit' in Old and Classical Tibetan, and that these languages entirely lack the evidential use of this morpheme well known in 'Lhasa' Tibetan. In contrast, Denwood (1999) sees the Classic... Read More about ḥdug as a testimonial marker in Classical and Old Tibetan.

Three notes on Laufer's law (2013)
Journal Article
Hill, N. W. (2013). Three notes on Laufer's law. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman area, 36(1), 57-72

Facets of both Old Tibetan and Old Burmese phonology pose problems for the generalisation, known as Laufer‘s law, that -wa- in in Written Burmese corresponds to -o- in Written Tibetan. Some Tibetan words retain the sequence -wa, appearing to contradi... Read More about Three notes on Laufer's law.

The merger of Proto-Burmish *ts and *č in Burmese (2013)
Journal Article
Hill, N. W. (2013). The merger of Proto-Burmish *ts and *č in Burmese. SOAS working papers in linguistics, 16, 334-345

Although Old Burmese is the earliest attested Burmish language, more recently attested kindred languages preserve archaic features which Old Burmese has lost. This paper examines one such Burmese innovation, the merger of *ts and *č.

Relative order of Tibetan sound changes affecting laterals (2013)
Journal Article
Hill, N. W. (2013). Relative order of Tibetan sound changes affecting laterals. Language and linguistics (Taipei), 14(1), 193-209

Several sound changes affect the development of inherited laterals in Tibetan: Conrady's law (*ḫl > ld-), Bodman's law (*ml- > md-), and Benedict's law (*lʲ- > ź-). Benedict's law occurred subsequently to both Conrady's and Bodman's laws. Because Con... Read More about Relative order of Tibetan sound changes affecting laterals.