Pathways of the development of the ergative in Central Tibetan
Within the Bodic branch of the Tibeto-Burman language family, a wide range of "ergative" marking patterns is found. These patterns range from the occurrence of the ergative only with transitive verbs, as in Chepang (Hale and Watters 1973) to the person and number split pattern, as in Kham...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-1786702024-07-25T02:57:54Z Pathways of the development of the ergative in Central Tibetan Saxena, Anju University of Oregon Arts and Humanities Within the Bodic branch of the Tibeto-Burman language family, a wide range of "ergative" marking patterns is found. These patterns range from the occurrence of the ergative only with transitive verbs, as in Chepang (Hale and Watters 1973) to the person and number split pattern, as in Kham (Hale and Watters 1973). In Bodic as well as elsewhere in Tibeto-Burman (cf. Chelllah 1987 for Meithei), the ergative may even be reanalyzed as some sort of topic marker. Published version 2024-07-25T02:57:54Z 2024-07-25T02:57:54Z 1991 Journal Article Saxena, A. (1991). Pathways of the development of the ergative in Central Tibetan. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 14(1), 109-116. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LTBA.14.1.05 0731-3500 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178670 10.32655/LTBA.14.1.05 1 14 109 116 en Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area © 1991 The Editor(s). All rights reserved. application/pdf |
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Within the Bodic branch of the Tibeto-Burman language family, a wide range of "ergative" marking patterns is found. These patterns range from the occurrence of the ergative only with transitive verbs, as in Chepang (Hale and Watters 1973) to the person and number split pattern, as in Kham (Hale and Watters 1973). In Bodic as well as elsewhere in Tibeto-Burman (cf. Chelllah 1987 for Meithei), the ergative may even be reanalyzed as some sort of topic marker. |
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