Old Literary Tibetan: A Comprehensive Grammatical Description Based on the "Old Tibetan Annals" is a pioneering work in the field of Tibetan written languages, offering unprecedented insights into the earliest documented Tibetic language and one of the earliest written Trans-Himalayan languages. Opening the gate to the oldest preserved Tibetan literature, the book is of great value not only for Tibetologists, but also for linguists thanks to its immense contributions to Trans-Himalayan linguistics. Bialek's landmark description of Old Literary Tibetan will be highly valuable in future descriptive and analytical work of other Trans-Himalayan languages, the study of which will undoubtedly substantially benefit from the publication of the grammar.

Old Literary Tibetan: A Comprehensive Text Grammar Based on the Old Tibetan Annals, Joanna Bialek, Brill, Hardcover, 1062 Pages, $244.00

Joanna Bialek Ph.D. (2016) is Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the project 'Tibetan Obsolete Mortuary practices and afterlife Beliefs' (TOMB) at Trinity College Dublin. She is working at the crossroads of historical linguistics and religious studies. She has published Compounds and Compounding in Old Tibetan and A Textbook in Classical Tibetan, as well as articles on Old Tibetan, history of the Tibetan Empire, Dunhuang manuscripts, and funerary practices on the Tibetan Plateau.