Tense, but in the mood : diachronic perspectives on the representation of time in Ao

• Main Author: Coupe, Alexander R.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Language::Linguistics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/101726; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24078; http://www.ling.sinica.edu.tw/files/publication/j2013_6_05_2678.pdf
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Ao demonstrates some typologically intriguing characteristics that shed light on the diachronic development of its tense marking morphology. The paper proposes that the language originally had a binary mood system contrasting azero-marked realis with an overtly marked irrealis mood. It then extended...