Lexical forms and their distribution of the word for 'yesterday' in Yunnan Tibetan
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: This article describes the word forms for ‘yesterday’ in Khams Tibetan varieties spoken in Yunnan, China, and analyses their distribution. It confirms two types of word forms: Type A, corresponding to Literary Tibetan kha rtsang (A1) and its derivations (A2); and Type B, of unclear origin. Type B is isolated to the mBalhag dialect, whereas the remaining varieties belong to Type A. This discussion focuses on the sound shape of Type A owing to this situation. The Nyishe subgroup displays a distinctive feature that involves restructuring the second syllable’s r-preinitial into the final consonant of the first syllable. This phenomenon is specific to the subgroup, and this article interprets it as a local innovation resulting from phonological features.
Author: SUZUKI, Hiroyuki
Institution: Kyoto University
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6930445565
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