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Tocharian
Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2010 8:52 pm
by dhok
I have requested a book on Tocharian for Christmas. What book do you guys recommend?
Re: Tocharian
Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2010 9:43 pm
by ayyub
Well, if you've already requested it, why are you asking now?
Re: Tocharian
Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2010 11:07 pm
by Radagast
He requested "a book on Tocharian" and now he wants to ask which one to hope he'll get?
Re: Tocharian
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 7:52 am
by dhok
Radagast wrote:He requested "a book on Tocharian" and now he wants to ask which one to hope he'll get?
Correct.
Re: Tocharian
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 5:59 pm
by Dewrad
What's your fancy? There's no good, up to date handbook of Tocharian (A, B or A and B together) in English, so if that's what you're after, you're screwed. If you read French, however, Pinault's Chrestomathie tokharienne is excellent (it is hard to come by, though: I don't want to describe some of the things I did to get this on inter-library loan). I'm aware that there are decent enough treatments in German, but nothing more recent than the 60s. Try googling "Tocharian bibliography" and see if any of the titles grab you.
Re: Tocharian
Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 10:57 am
by Atom
Dewrad wrote:What's your fancy? There's no good, up to date handbook of Tocharian (A, B or A and B together) in English, so if that's what you're after, you're screwed. If you read French, however, Pinault's Chrestomathie tokharienne is excellent (it is hard to come by, though: I don't want to describe some of the things I did to get this on inter-library loan). I'm aware that there are decent enough treatments in German, but nothing more recent than the 60s. Try googling "Tocharian bibliography" and see if any of the titles grab you.
Why is that? Is it tremendously obscure?