Review of North East Indian Linguistics: Volume 3. Gwendolyn Hyslop, Stephen Morey, and Mark W. Post, eds. New Delhi: Cambridge University Press India Pvt. Ltd. 2011.

Hill, Nathan W.

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Introduction (2012)
Book Chapter
Hill, N. W. (2012). Introduction. In N. W. Hill (Ed.), Medieval Tibeto-Burman Languages IV (1-4). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004233454_002

Tibetan palatalization and the gy versus g.y distinction (2012)
Book Chapter
Hill, N. W. (2012). Tibetan palatalization and the gy versus g.y distinction. In N. W. Hill (Ed.), Medieval Tibeto-Burman Languages IV (383-398). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004233454_014

Tibetan -las, -nas, and -bas (2012)
Journal Article
Hill, N. W. (2012). Tibetan -las, -nas, and -bas. Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale, 41(1), 3-38. https://doi.org/10.1163/1960602812X00014

In descriptions of Tibetan grammar it is common to treat -las and -nas together in the discussion of case marking, signalling merely that -las is capable of forming comparisons whereas -nas is not. Similarly, in the discussion of comparison most auth... Read More about Tibetan -las, -nas, and -bas.

“Mirativity” does not exist: ḥdug in “Lhasa” Tibetan and other suspects (2012)
Journal Article
Hill, N. W. (2012). “Mirativity” does not exist: ḥdug in “Lhasa” Tibetan and other suspects. Linguistic Typology, 16(3), 389-433. https://doi.org/10.1515/lity-2012-0016

Largely through the efforts of Scott DeLancey the grammatical category “mirative” has gained currency in linguistics. DeLancey bases his elaboration of this category on a misunderstanding of the semantics of h.dug in “Lhasa” Tibetan. Rather than show... Read More about “Mirativity” does not exist: ḥdug in “Lhasa” Tibetan and other suspects.

The six vowel hypothesis of Old Chinese in comparative context (2012)
Journal Article
Hill, N. W. (2012). The six vowel hypothesis of Old Chinese in comparative context. Bulletin of Chinese linguistics, 6(2), 1-69. https://doi.org/10.1163/2405478X-90000100

Gong Hwang-Cherng in two papers (1980, 1995) collected a number of cognate sets among Chinese, Tibetan, and Burmese. This paper reexamines these cognate sets (base on Gong 1995) using a six vowel version of Old Chinese, specifically the Baxter-Sagart... Read More about The six vowel hypothesis of Old Chinese in comparative context.

Review of North East Indian Linguistics: Volume 3. Gwendolyn Hyslop, Stephen Morey, and Mark W. Post, eds. New Delhi: Cambridge University Press India Pvt. Ltd. 2011. (2012)
Journal Article
Hill, N. W. (2012). Review of North East Indian Linguistics: Volume 3. Gwendolyn Hyslop, Stephen Morey, and Mark W. Post, eds. New Delhi: Cambridge University Press India Pvt. Ltd. 2011. European bulletin of Himalayan research, 40, 134-138