Three notes on Laufer’s law
Facets of both Old Tibetan and Old Burmese phonology pose problems for the generalisation, known as Laufer‘s law, that -wa- in in Written Burmese corresponds to -o- in Written Tibetan. Some Tibetan words retain the sequence -wa, appearing to contradict Laufer‘s law. Some Written Burmese words...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-1776302024-05-29T06:21:18Z Three notes on Laufer’s law Hill, Nathan W. School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Arts and Humanities Old Tibetan Old Burmese Facets of both Old Tibetan and Old Burmese phonology pose problems for the generalisation, known as Laufer‘s law, that -wa- in in Written Burmese corresponds to -o- in Written Tibetan. Some Tibetan words retain the sequence -wa, appearing to contradict Laufer‘s law. Some Written Burmese words with -wa originate from Old Burmese words written with -o-. To account for these anomalies and the Chinese cognates of the lexemes involved, Laufer‘s law must be understood as the product of four separate sound changes. Published version 2024-05-29T06:21:18Z 2024-05-29T06:21:18Z 2013 Journal Article Hill, N. W. (2013). Three notes on Laufer’s law. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 36(1), 57-71. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LTBA.36.1.03 0731-3500 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/177630 10.32655/LTBA.36.1.03 1 36 57 71 en Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area © 2013 The Editor(s). All rights reserved. application/pdf |
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Facets of both Old Tibetan and Old Burmese phonology pose problems
for the generalisation, known as Laufer‘s law, that -wa- in in Written Burmese
corresponds to -o- in Written Tibetan. Some Tibetan words retain the sequence -wa,
appearing to contradict Laufer‘s law. Some Written Burmese words with -wa originate from Old Burmese words written with -o-. To account for these anomalies
and the Chinese cognates of the lexemes involved, Laufer‘s law must be understood
as the product of four separate sound changes. |
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