The Tibeto-Burman Reproductive System: Toward an Etymological Thesaurus (UC Publications in Linguistics)

UC Publications in Linguistics

by James A. Matisoff

This pioneering book is the prototype of the etymological thesaurus that has been the goal of the Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus project (STEDT) since 1987. It presents nearly 170 Proto-Tibeto-Burman etymologies in the semantic area of the reproductive system, along with discussions of possible Chinese cognates. Special attention is paid to patterns of semantic associations between the reproductive system and other areas of the lexicon.

302 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Yousef · Rating 5 out of 5]

fun book that focuses on the etymology of reproductive organs in the Tibetan-Burma language family. reproductive organs are important because they are the most fundamental and rudimentary words that rarely change due to contact or borrowing from a more powerful neighbor.