New origins to vowel tensing in Tangut: internal and comparative evidence

This paper proposes new origins for tense vowels in Tangut by integrating textual analysis of Tangut texts with comparative data from both Gyalrongic and other Sino-Tibetan languages. It uncovers two previously unreported sources of vowel tensing in compounding: the collective prefix (*S-) and the c...

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Main Authors: Zhang, Shuya, Lai, Yunfan
Other Authors: School of Humanities
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/182648
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English