New Discoveries in Tibeto-Burman Linguistics: Honoring the Legacy of Academician Jackson T.-S. Sun is a festschrift celebrating the scholarly contributions and intellectual legacy of Jackson T.-S. Sun, one of the leading figures in Sino-Tibetan linguistics. Bringing together original research by internationally recognized scholars from Asia, Europe, and North America, this volume presents new empirical findings and theoretical insights into the lexicon, phonology, and morphosyntax of Tibeto-Burman (Trans-Himalayan) languages. The contributions are united by a strong commitment to rigorous descriptive work grounded in first-hand field data, reflecting Sun’s own research ethos.
The volume is organized into three thematic sections—lexicon, phonology, and morphosyntax—and covers a wide geographic range, including languages of Southwest China, the Tibetan Plateau, and neighboring regions. Many chapters combine newly documented linguistic data with comparative and historical perspectives, advancing our understanding of language contact, subgrouping, and structural diversity within the Tibeto-Burman family.
Beyond its empirical contributions, the volume highlights the broader intellectual influence of Jackson T.-S. Sun as a scholar, mentor, and field linguist whose work has shaped multiple subfields of Sino-Tibetan studies. This book will be of interest to linguists specializing in Tibeto-Burman languages, historical linguistics, typology, and language documentation.