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The New Tibetan-English Dictionary of Modern Tibetan
Melvyn C. Goldstein
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Description for The New Tibetan-English Dictionary of Modern Tibetan
Hardback. This dictionary contains more than 80,000 lexical items used in political, social, economic, literary, and scientific discourse including words that have come into use since Tibet was incorporated into the People's Republic of China in 1951. Num Pages: 1211 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2GDT; CBDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 288 x 225 x 62. Weight in Grams: 3050. 1211 pages. This dictionary contains more than 80,000 lexical items used in political, social, economic, literary, and scientific discourse including words that have come into use since Tibet was incorporated into the People's Republic of China in 1951. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2GDT; CBDX. Dimension: 288 x 225 x 62. Weight: 3062.
The New Tibetan-English Dictionary of Modern Tibetan surpasses existing dictionaries in both scope and comprehensiveness. Containing more than 80,000 lexical items used in political, social, economic, literary, and scientific discourse, this invaluable sourcebook includes the tens of thousands of new words that have been coined or that have come into use since Tibet was incorporated into the People's Republic of China in 1951. The dictionary lists lexical items characteristic of the special written genre that was used by Tibetan government officials up to 1959 as well as new terminology used in the Tibetan exile communities in South Asia. It contains ... Read more
The New Tibetan-English Dictionary of Modern Tibetan surpasses existing dictionaries in both scope and comprehensiveness. Containing more than 80,000 lexical items used in political, social, economic, literary, and scientific discourse, this invaluable sourcebook includes the tens of thousands of new words that have been coined or that have come into use since Tibet was incorporated into the People's Republic of China in 1951. The dictionary lists lexical items characteristic of the special written genre that was used by Tibetan government officials up to 1959 as well as new terminology used in the Tibetan exile communities in South Asia. It contains ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
1211
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Number of Pages
1214
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520204379
SKU
V9780520204379
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About Melvyn C. Goldstein
Melvyn C. Goldstein is John Reynolds Harkness Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at Case Western Reserve University, as well as Director of the University's Center for Research on Tibet. He is author or coauthor of over eighty articles and books on Tibet, including A History of Modern Tibet, 1913-1951, (1989), Essentials of Modern Literary Tibetan: A Reading ... Read more
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