The New Tibetan-English Dictionary of Modern Tibetan
Goldstein, Melvyn C. (Ed.)
Price :
US$ 89.95
PRODUCT DETAILS
Book ID : 23970
ISBN-10 : 81-215-1138-0 / 8121511380
ISBN-13 : 978-81-215-1138-4 / 9788121511384
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2004
Edition : (Reprint)
Langauage : Tibetan & English
Assistant Editors: T.N. Shelling and J.T. Surkhang with the help of Pierre Robillard; xvii, 1195p., Abb., 29 cm.
CONTENTS
DESCRIPTION
"The New Tibetan-English Dictionary of Modern Tibetan" surpasses existing dictionaries in both scope and comprehensiveness. Containing over 80,000 lexical items used in political, social, economic, literary, and scientific discourses, this invaluable sourcebook includes the tens of thousands of new words that have been coined or that have come into use since Tibetan was incorporated into the People's Republic of China in 1951. The dictionary includes lexical items characteristic of the special written genre employed by Tibetan government officials up to 1959 but also lists new terminology used in the Tibetan exile communities in South Asia. It contains both the core lexical terminology found in everyday life and standard modern writing and many proverbs and sayings that appear frequently in contemporary literary materials. All entries include spoken pronunciation, and the dictionary provides thousands of illustrative sentences.
