Valence-changing particles in Pwo Karen

Pwo Karen has a large number of verb particles, some of which may increase or decrease the valence of the verb. This paper describes such valence changing verb particles. When Pwo Karen is compared with Burmese, a neighboring Tibeto-Burman language, from the viewpoint of valence-changing, the...

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Main Author: Kato, Atsuhiko
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1777292024-06-04T05:07:04Z Valence-changing particles in Pwo Karen Kato, Atsuhiko Osaka University Arts and Humanities Pwo Karen Karenic Pwo Karen has a large number of verb particles, some of which may increase or decrease the valence of the verb. This paper describes such valence changing verb particles. When Pwo Karen is compared with Burmese, a neighboring Tibeto-Burman language, from the viewpoint of valence-changing, the difference between these two languages is brought into high relief. Burmese only has a few valence-changing auxiliary-like morphemes, and especially it does not have a valence-decreasing one. Many of the situations which are expressed with the valence-changing verb particles in Pwo Karen are conveyed by using particles following the nouns in Burmese, therefore we can say that Pwo Karen shows stronger head-markingness than Burmese. Pwo Karen and Burmese are largely different not only in word order but also in the details of their grammars, though they are neighboring languages of the same linguistic stock. Published version 2024-06-04T05:07:04Z 2024-06-04T05:07:04Z 2009 Journal Article Kato, A. (2009). Valence-changing particles in Pwo Karen. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 32(2), 71-102. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LTBA.32.2.03 0731-3500 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/177729 10.32655/LTBA.32.2.03 2 32 71 102 en Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area © 2009 The Editor(s). All rights reserved. application/pdf
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Pwo Karen
Karenic
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Pwo Karen
Karenic
Kato, Atsuhiko
Valence-changing particles in Pwo Karen
description Pwo Karen has a large number of verb particles, some of which may increase or decrease the valence of the verb. This paper describes such valence changing verb particles. When Pwo Karen is compared with Burmese, a neighboring Tibeto-Burman language, from the viewpoint of valence-changing, the difference between these two languages is brought into high relief. Burmese only has a few valence-changing auxiliary-like morphemes, and especially it does not have a valence-decreasing one. Many of the situations which are expressed with the valence-changing verb particles in Pwo Karen are conveyed by using particles following the nouns in Burmese, therefore we can say that Pwo Karen shows stronger head-markingness than Burmese. Pwo Karen and Burmese are largely different not only in word order but also in the details of their grammars, though they are neighboring languages of the same linguistic stock.
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title Valence-changing particles in Pwo Karen
title_short Valence-changing particles in Pwo Karen
title_full Valence-changing particles in Pwo Karen
title_fullStr Valence-changing particles in Pwo Karen
title_full_unstemmed Valence-changing particles in Pwo Karen
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