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eprints-5632
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| recordtype |
eprints
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| institution |
SOAS, University of London
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| collection |
SOAS Research Online
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| language |
English
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| language_search |
English
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| description |
W. S. Coblin, in a contribution (2002) to the ongoing iscussion about the phonetic value of the Tibetan letter ༢ (transcribed as v), has argued that this character has no phonetic value per se but is rather an orthographic device. A review of the previous literature and consideration of Coblin’s arguments in contrast agree with the finding
that before vowels and the glide -w- the letter v represents a voiced fricative, while before consonants it stands for prenasalization; in the former position, the value [ɣ] is argued for. The use of final -v in Old
Tibetan inscriptions suggests that in that position too -v has the value [ɣ]. Finally, with a view to the internal reconstruction of the Tibetan verbal system, consideration is given to the question of whether the various phonetic values of v- represent a unitary phoneme.
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| format |
Journal Article
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| author |
Hill, Nathan W.
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| author_facet |
Hill, Nathan W.
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| authorStr |
Hill, Nathan W.
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| author_letter |
Hill, Nathan W.
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| title |
Once more on the letter འ
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| publisher |
University of California, Berkeley
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| publishDate |
2005
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| url |
https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/5632/
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