Following the marrow: two parallel Sino-Tibetan etymologies

In his provocative paper "Chinese and Austronesian are genetically related" (1990). the French linguist Laurent Sagart claims that no regular correspondences have been established between Chinese and Tibeto-Burman (TB). whereas unlimited numbers of cognates, showing "regular" cor...

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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1793202024-07-29T02:00:47Z Following the marrow: two parallel Sino-Tibetan etymologies Matisoff, James A. University of California, Berkeley Arts and Humanities In his provocative paper "Chinese and Austronesian are genetically related" (1990). the French linguist Laurent Sagart claims that no regular correspondences have been established between Chinese and Tibeto-Burman (TB). whereas unlimited numbers of cognates, showing "regular" correspondences can be established between Austronesian (AN) and Chinese. as long as one chops off the initial syllable of the AN root. Published version 2024-07-29T02:00:47Z 2024-07-29T02:00:47Z 1992 Journal Article Matisoff, J. A. (1992). Following the marrow: two parallel Sino-Tibetan etymologies. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 15(1), 159-177. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LTBA.15.1.13 0731-3500 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/179320 10.32655/LTBA.15.1.13 1 15 159 177 en Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area © 1992 The Editor(s). All rights reserved. application/pdf
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Following the marrow: two parallel Sino-Tibetan etymologies
description In his provocative paper "Chinese and Austronesian are genetically related" (1990). the French linguist Laurent Sagart claims that no regular correspondences have been established between Chinese and Tibeto-Burman (TB). whereas unlimited numbers of cognates, showing "regular" correspondences can be established between Austronesian (AN) and Chinese. as long as one chops off the initial syllable of the AN root.
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