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Core case-marking and related phenomena in South Central Tibeto-Burman (Kuki-Chin)

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: This paper examines what we currently know about the distribution and characteristics of core case marking and related phenomena in South Central Tibeto-Burman (Kuki-Chin) languages. Markers and their functions are surveyed according to subgroup, and an assessment of their diachrony is formulated. The paper also considers two analytical challenges–potential tonal marking of grammatical information in case marking systems, and the simultaneous presence of other elements which may be confused with case marking.

Source: Himalayan Linguistics

DOI: 10.5070/h922153801

Author: David A. Peterson

Institutions: Dartmouth College, University of California, Santa Cruz

Language: English

Topic: Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: National Science Foundation, Dartmouth College

Awards: CAREER: Chittagong Hill Tracts Linguistic Documentation, Collaborative research: Using the structure of verbal complexes to assess linguistic relationships, Documentation of Rengmitca (Tibeto-Burman), Collaborative research: Using the structure of verbal complexes to assess linguistic relationships