Tibetan wa-zur and Laufer’s law
Laufer’s law, according to which proto-Tibetan *-wa monophthongized to -o in Old Tibetan, is almost universally accepted. However, Hill (2006) pointed out that this law seems to be contradicted by the existence of a genuine -wa rhyme in Old Tibetan: unless Old Tibetan -wa has a distinct origin...
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| Language: | English |
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2024
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/177736 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | Laufer’s law, according to which proto-Tibetan *-wa monophthongized
to -o in Old Tibetan, is almost universally accepted. However, Hill (2006) pointed
out that this law seems to be contradicted by the existence of a genuine -wa rhyme
in Old Tibetan: unless Old Tibetan -wa has a distinct origin, the sound law *-wa >
-o cannot be valid. The present article proposes a simple solution to Hill’s
counterargument: Old Tibetan -wa comes from the fusion of two syllables. |
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