Despite their genetic relation, Sino-Tibetan (aka Trans-Himalayan) languages are characterized by very different typological profiles: from toneless languages to languages with highly complex tonal systems; from morphologically poor languages to extremely complex verbal systems etc. Various languages demonstrate peculiar features unknown from better studied e.g. Indo-European languages, such as “ideophonic suffixes”, independent nominalized clauses, interaction-regulating discourse particles etc. The languages differ also in their sociolinguistic profiles that interestingly correlate with grammatical properties. We will survey different domains of grammar and grammatical properties of Tibeto-Burman languages using available grammars and literature.
- Lehrende/r: Pavel Ozerov