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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: David Holm , Meng YuanyaoPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 2 Weight: 1.536kg ISBN: 9789004449831ISBN 10: 9004449833 Pages: 834 Publication Date: 16 December 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsPreface List of Illustrations Abbreviations Conventions Introduction English Translation Interlinear Transcription Textual and Ethnographic Notes Appendix: Song Markets in Pingguo Plates: Photo-Reproduction of Manuscript Pages Bibliography Glossary and Concordance Chinese Character Index Index of Vernacular Characters and Allographs Index of Zhuang Characters and Other Symbols English-Zhuang Index Index of Scientific Names of Plants and Animals Subject IndexReviewsIn this volume, David Holm and Meng Yuanyao present photos of the full text, two transcriptions, an English translation, extensive annotations on linguistic and historical matters, a musical score for the recitation, glossary, concordance, several indices, a long introduction on the background and significance of the text, and a bibliography with 250 entries. This extraordinarily thorough 850-page study is a major contribution to the historical linguistics of the Tai family of languages and an unique window onto the feudal system of Tai communities in southwestern China in the Ming era (...) This magnificent book is principally a contribution to the study of Tai linguistics and especially to the understanding of the Zhuang language. But the song itself is a beautiful and very affecting piece of work, wonderfully captured in the seemingly artless translation. Chris Baker, Journal of the Siam Society, 110/2 (2022). """In this volume, David Holm and Meng Yuanyao present photos of the full text, two transcriptions, an English translation, extensive annotations on linguistic and historical matters, a musical score for the recitation, glossary, concordance, several indices, a long introduction on the background and significance of the text, and a bibliography with 250 entries. This extraordinarily thorough 850-page study is a major contribution to the historical linguistics of the Tai family of languages and an unique window onto the feudal system of Tai communities in southwestern China in the Ming era (...) This magnificent book is principally a contribution to the study of Tai linguistics and especially to the understanding of the Zhuang language. But the song itself is a beautiful and very affecting piece of work, wonderfully captured in the seemingly artless translation."" Chris Baker, Journal of the Siam Society, 110/2 (2022)." Author InformationDavid Holm, D.Phil. (1980) in Chinese, University of Oxford, is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Ethnology at National Chengchi University. He has published extensively on the traditional language and culture of the Zhuang, a Tai-speaking people indigenous to Southern China. Meng Yuanyao, Ph.D (2002), University of Melbourne, is Professor in the Department of Minority Languages in the Guangxi University for Nationalities. He has published The Names and Classification of Common Plants in Zhuang (in English, 2006), and numerous books on Zhuang song texts, ethnobotany, and other aspects of traditional culture. Most recently he has served as chief editor of a new edition of the Zhuang-Chinese Glossary (in Chinese, 2018). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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