Includes bibliographical references.

Preliminary Material / Picus Sizhi Ding and Jamin Pelkey -- David Bradley and Tibeto-Burman sociohistory: an introduction / J. Pelkey and P. S. Ding -- The so-called prefixes of Tibeto-Burman, and why they are so called / J. A. Matisoff -- Dialect diversity and language resilience: The geolinguistics of Phuza vitality / J. Pelkey -- Language endangerment and loss of traditional knowledge: The case of Prinmi / P. S. Ding -- Introducing Limi: A rising tone is born / C. Yang -- Medial changes in Jino dialects / N. Hayashi -- Family group classifiers in Khatso / C. Donlay -- The morphology of numerals and classifiers in Japhug / G. Jacques -- The characteristics of the Karen branch of Tibeto-Burman / K. Manson -- The sociolinguistic context of the Tangsa languages / S. Morey -- On Kuki-Chin subgrouping / D. A. Peterson -- On the diachronic origins of converbs in tibeto-burman and beyond / A. R. Coupe -- Toponym index / Picus Sizhi Ding and Jamin Pelkey -- Language index / Picus Sizhi Ding and Jamin Pelkey -- Subject index / Picus Sizhi Ding and Jamin Pelkey.

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Sociohistorical Linguistics in Southeast Asia blends insights from sociolinguistics, descriptive linguistics and historical-comparative linguistics to shed new light on regional Tibeto-Burman language varieties and their relationships across spatial, temporal and cultural differences. The approach is inspired by leading Tibeto-Burmanist, David Bradley, to whom the book is dedicated. The volume includes twelve original research essays written by eleven Tibeto-Burmanists drawing on first-hand field research in five countries to explore Tibeto-Burman languages descended from seven internal sub-branches. Following two introductory chapters, each contribution is focused on a specific Tibeto-Burman language or sub-branch, collectively contributing to the literature on language identification, language documentation, typological analysis, historical-comparative classification, linguistic theory, and language endangerment research with new analyses, state-of-the-art summaries and contemporary applications.