A Historical-comparative Study of the Tani (Mirish) Branch in Tibeto-Burman

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realization of th e resea rch reported in th is dissertation.F irst of all, I w ould like to th a n k th e m em bers o n m y doctoral com m ittee, Prof. J a m e s A. M atisoff, Prof. Ting P an g -h sin , a n d Prof.G ary Holland for th eir valuable com m ents a n d ideas for im proving th e earlier drafts of th is w ork a s well a s for th eir guidance in general.My deepest gratitude belongs to Prof. Ja m es A. Matisoff.D uring th e five y ears I have been in th e doctoral program a t UC Berkeley, h e h a s always b een a n inexhaustible source of support an d inspiration.He h a s ta u g h t m e to value language a s it is: rich, variegated, a n d above all, im m en sely fu n .W ithout h im a n d th e S ino-T ibetan E tym ological D ictionary a n d T h e sa u ru s project, th is d isse rtatio n w ould n o t have b een feasible.He is, a n d alw ays will be, m y m entor on Sino-T ibetan linguistics.I am no le ss grateful to Prof. T ing P ang-hsin for getting m e sta rte d in th e stu d y of m inority languages of China, a n d for constantly obliging m e w ith sensible co u n sel a n d a ssistan ce, w h ich have b e en vital in shaping m y career a s a professional linguist.Prof. G a ry H olland is to b e th a n k e d for h is c o n tin u a l encouragem ent, h is inspiring teach in g a n d exem plary sch o larsh ip in Indo-E uropean linguistics, a s well a s h is enlightening d iscu ssio n s on m a n y is s u e s c o n cern in g d ia c h ro n ic lin g u istics a d d re s s e d in th is dissertation.

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