Tibetan wa-zur and Laufer’s law

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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Main Author: Jacques, Guillaume
Other Authors: Université Paris Descartes, CRLAO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
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Arts and Humanities
Old Tibetan
Monophthongisation
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/177736
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1777362024-06-04T04:53:02Z Tibetan wa-zur and Laufer’s law Jacques, Guillaume Université Paris Descartes, CRLAO Arts and Humanities Old Tibetan Monophthongisation 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. Published version 2024-06-04T04:53:02Z 2024-06-04T04:53:02Z 2009 Journal Article Jacques, G. (2009). Tibetan wa-zur and Laufer’s law. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 32(1), 141-144. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LTBA.32.1.04 0731-3500 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/177736 10.32655/LTBA.32.1.04 1 32 141 144 en Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area © 2009 The Editor(s). All rights reserved. application/pdf
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topic Arts and Humanities
Old Tibetan
Monophthongisation
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Old Tibetan
Monophthongisation
Jacques, Guillaume
Tibetan wa-zur and Laufer’s law
description 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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