Star, moon, spirits, and the affricates of Angami Naga: a reply to James A. Matisoff
In a recent paper entitled "Stars, Moon, and Spirits: Bright Beings of the night in Sino-Tibetan" (1980), James A. Matisoff discusses the phonological status of the Angami Naga labiodental affricates and their ultimate importance in the wider context of Tibeto-Burman (TB) and Sino-Tibetan...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-1787362024-07-05T04:01:10Z Star, moon, spirits, and the affricates of Angami Naga: a reply to James A. Matisoff Weidert, Alfons K. Department of Linguistics, Heidelberq Arts and Humanities In a recent paper entitled "Stars, Moon, and Spirits: Bright Beings of the night in Sino-Tibetan" (1980), James A. Matisoff discusses the phonological status of the Angami Naga labiodental affricates and their ultimate importance in the wider context of Tibeto-Burman (TB) and Sino-Tibetan (ST) comparative reconstruction. Any paper, however modest its scope, dealing with the largest subgroup of TB, the approximately 60-80 Kuki-Naga (KN) languages, must be highly welcome because barely half a dozen serious scholarly works have appeared so far that significantly enhance our knowledge of KN. With the exception of languages like Tiddim Chin, Lushai, Tangkhul Naga and a few Southern Kuki languages, the whole field has been slumbering for the past 50 years or so. Published version 2024-07-05T04:01:10Z 2024-07-05T04:01:10Z 1981 Journal Article Weidert, A. K. (1981). Star, moon, spirits, and the affricates of Angami Naga: a reply to James A. Matisoff. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 6(1), 1-38. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LTBA.6.1.01 0731-3500 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178736 10.32655/LTBA.6.1.01 1 6 1 38 en Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area © 1981 The Editor(s). All rights reserved. application/pdf |
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In a recent paper entitled "Stars, Moon, and Spirits: Bright Beings of the night in Sino-Tibetan" (1980), James A. Matisoff discusses the phonological status of the Angami Naga labiodental affricates and their ultimate importance in the wider context of Tibeto-Burman (TB) and Sino-Tibetan (ST) comparative reconstruction. Any paper, however modest its scope, dealing with the largest subgroup of TB, the approximately 60-80 Kuki-Naga (KN) languages, must be highly welcome because barely half a dozen serious scholarly works have appeared so far that significantly enhance our knowledge of KN. With the exception of languages like Tiddim Chin, Lushai, Tangkhul Naga and a few Southern Kuki languages, the whole field has been slumbering for the past 50 years or so. |
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