1. Introductory remarks and summary of content

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Acknowledgment v
3. Table of contents ix
4. List of charts xiv
5. Abbreviations, Explanation of phonetic symbols and diacritics xvi
6. 1. Introductory remarks and summary of content 1
7. 2. Phonation types of chepang 8
8. 3. The glottal stop or creaky phonation in Limbu 37
9. 4. Tonal comparison of Lolo-Burmese with other tibeto-Burman languages 82
10. 5. Is *B/TC-III a reconstructible entity of proto-Tibeto-Burman? 173
11. 6. Tone Categories in the north Assam division 215
12. 7. Phonation and tone in the Tamang/Gurung/Thalaki nucleus 260
13. 8. The development of tone systems in the Karen languages 313
14. 9. Phonation and tonology of stopped syllables 368
15. 10. Outlook on further tonogenetic investigations 483
16. Footnotes 493
17. Etymological index 497
18. References 509