Matisoff James A. Sino-Tibetan numerals and the play of prefixes

S.l., s.a. — 148 p.This study was originally prepared for the 17th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics at the University of Oregon (September 1984), but has been languishing on the back burner for nearly a decade. Although it is the most extensive synchronic and diachronic treatment of the Tibeto-Burman numerals yet attempted, considerations of time and space have made the present revised version less complete than I would have wished. I have tried to include data from as many languages as feasible, but the coverage is far from exhaustive, and is of uneven depth with respect to Tibeto-Burman as a whole. Of the hundreds of TB languages and dialects, the ones whose numeral systems have been examined for this paper are listed in the Index of Languages and Sources. This paper should be viewed as part of the «The Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus».Symbols and abbreviations. Introduction.
Language contact and the weight of numbers.
One and ten and teens and twenties.
The primary numerals: two to nine.
Prefixal behavior with numerals.
Summary and afterword. Appendices.