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The origin of the causative prefix in Rgyalrong languages and its implication for proto-Sino-Tibetan reconstruction

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: In this paper, the first detailed description of the two causative derivations in Japhug Rgyalrong is presented, based on a corpus of spontaneous speech. Two new pathways of grammaticalization are proposed. First, it is shown that the causative derives from a special type of denominal derivation. Second, a previously undocumented development from the causative to the abilitative derivation is described. Lastly, the implications of these grammaticalization hypotheses for the reconstruction of Sino-Tibetan morphology as a whole are evaluated.

Source: Folia Linguistica

DOI: 10.1515/flih-2015-0002

Author: Guillaume Jacques

Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, Centre de Recherches Linguistiques sur l'Asie Orientale, École des hautes études en sciences sociales

Language: English

Topic: Linguistics and language evolution

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Agence Nationale de la Recherche

Award: Parallel corpora in languages of the Greater Himalayan area