Essentials of Modern Literary Tibetan - A Reading Course and Reference Grammar

"Half of the words are read by implication." This Tibetan saying explains the main difficulty Westerners face in learning to read Tibetan fluently. This book will allow beginners to understand the logic of Tibetan grammar and syntax through graded readings and narrative explanations. The large glossary, which is indexed by page, will serve as an invaluable reference grammar for readers of Tibetan at all levels. The reading course includes a wide range of modern literary styles from literature, history, current affairs, newspapers, and even communist political essays.

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• Authors: Melvyn C. Goldstein, Melvyn C. Rimpoche Goldstein, Goldstein Melvyn C., Goldstein/Rimpoche, Lobsang Phuntshog, Phuntshog Lobsang, Gelek Rimpoche, Rimpoche Gelek
• Assisted by: Melvyn C. Goldstein (Editor), Lobsang Phuntshog (Editor), Gelek Rimpoche (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.1992
• EAN: 9780520076228
• ISBN: 978-0-520-07622-8
• No. of pages: 490
• Dimensions: 208 mm x 298 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, East & Southeast Asian languages, East and Southeast Asian languages