Grammar
of Colloquial Tibetan/C.A. Bell. Reprint of Third Edition Published in 1939.
New Delhi, AES, 1998, 184 p., $18. ISBN 81-206-1325-2.
Grammar
of Colloquial Tibetan/C.A. Bell. Reprint of Third Edition Published in 1939.
New Delhi, AES, 1998, 184 p., $18. ISBN 81-206-1325-2.
From the Preface: "In the first edition this Grammar was published as the first part of a "Manual of Colloquial Tibetan", the second part consisting of an English-Tibetan Colloquial Dictionary. In this second edition both parts have not only been revised, but have also been considerably enlarged. The map accompanying this edition--the latest from the Indian Survey Department -- is bulkier than the Royal Geographical Society's map of 1904, with which the first edition was furnished. It has therefore been found best to bring out the Grammar and dictionary as separate books. The map accompanies the Grammar.
The Tibetan words have been Romanized throughout the Grammar, for the convenience of those who lack either the time or the inclination to master the Tibetan character. Many additions have been made, especially in the Chapters on the Verb and in the Conversational Exercises, which latter number thirty two as against eighteen in the first edition."