This article presents the first diachronic investigation of the honorific register in Tibetic
languages. Although all historically attested Tibetic languages possess at least some …

The paper discusses disparate language phenomena whose common denominator is their
relevance for the study of argument realisation in Old Literary Tibetan. It attempts to outline …

Although Tibetan rainmaking rituals speak of important aspects of both history and religion,
scholars thus far have paid only biased attention to the rituals and performative aspects …

It is my pleasure to honour Toni Huber with this humble contribution. Our di usions revealed
a number of threads to me that interweave and relate aspect f ld ibetan (OT) culture …

This note is about ears. 1 In the monastery of Bsam yas there is the Bsam yas Bya dkar po
(White Rooster of Bsam yas), considered a manifestation of the protector Rgyal po Pe har …

At least four sound alternations apply in Tibetan and its predecessor (s): regressive
metathesis, alternation between nasals and oral stops, jotization, and vowel alternations. All …