From Proximate/Obviative to Number Marking: Reanalysis of Hierarchical Indexation in Rgyalrong Languages

Zhang, Shuya

doi:10.1353/jcl.2019.0004

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“…There are at least four recent publications dedicated to inverse marking or argument indexation in Rgyalrong languages: Jacques (2010) for Japhug; Gong (2014) for Zbu; Sun (2015) for Sastod Situ; and Zhang (2019) for Bragbar Situ.…”

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“…Therefore, the non-local direct scenario is 3 sg → 3 ns , and the non-local inverse scenario is 3 ns → 3 sg . Bragbar Situ generalized the non-local inverse use to the past tense (Zhang 2019).…”

Section: Inverse Marking In Rgyalrongic Languagesmentioning

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“…Since inverse marking is a sub-domain of argument indexation, it is necessary to give an outline of the argument indexation system in Khroskyabs. Like other Rgyalrongic languages (Jacques 2004; Gong 2018; Zhang 2019), the argument indexation system in Khroskyabs is based on morphological transitivity (Jacques 2012b). Thanks to their different paradigms, two types of verb can be unambiguously distinguished in a morphological way.…”

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The historical development of inverse marking in Khroskyabs: evidence from two modern varieties – Siyuewu and Wobzi

Lai

2020

Bull. Sch. Orient. Afr. stud.

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This paper describes the inverse marking systems of two closely related Khroskyabs varieties, Siyuewu and Wobzi, and hypothesizes the historical development of the Khroskyabs inverse marking system. I propose that a hypothetical prefix, *Cə-, which is probably related to the second person markers attested in many Trans-Himalayan languages, existed in Proto-Khroskyabs, and that it has different reflexes in the two modern Khroskyabs varieties.

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Section: Inverse Marking In Rgyalrongic Languagesmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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The historical development of inverse marking in Khroskyabs: evidence from two modern varieties – Siyuewu and Wobzi

Lai

2020

Bull. Sch. Orient. Afr. stud.

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“…In the 3→3 forms, the inverse prefix ɨ-marks plural subject in Bantawa, in particular in the 3pl→3sg form ɨ-Σ. Some innovative Situ dialects such as Sastod and Bragbar have lost the proximate vs. obviative opposition in 3→3 configurations 3 and reanalyzed the inverse as a plural subject marker (Sun 2015;Zhang 2019), resulting in a system very similar to that of Bantawa. 4 The local forms 1→2 and 2→1 are less easily comparable between Situ and Bantawa, but there is clear evidence that the Rgyalrong forms are innovative: in particular, the 1→2 forms are probably ancient second person passive forms (Jacques 2018).…”

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Phylogenies based on lexical innovations refute the Rung hypothesis

Jacques

Pellard

2020

DIA

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Sino-Tibetan (Trans-Himalayan) is one of the typologically most diverse language families in the world, one of the few comprising all gradients of morphological complexity, from isolating to polysynthetic. No consensus exists as yet on whether the rich morphology found in some languages, in particular person indexation, should be reconstructed in the common Sino-Tibetan ancestor or is a later innovation confined to and defining a particular “Rung” subgroup. In this article, we argue that this question is fundamentally a problem of phylogeny, and that the results of recent works on the phylogeny of Sino-Tibetan, supplemented by a more refined investigation of shared lexical innovations, provide support for the idea that person indexation morphology is not a recent innovation and that the languages lacking such a feature are thus innovative.

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“…This work records 1,252 rivers of various size as well as cultural and historical notes concerning local relics, personal anecdotes, and legends associated with these rivers. From an etymological perspective, several scholars have focused on the origin of the two Chinese characters for "river" which are used as generic terms for rivers in China: jiang 江 and he 河 (Hashimoto 1978;Norman & Mei 1976;Zhang 1998). Most relevant studies have either addressed Chinese rivers from a geographic perspective or analyzed the name of a specific river from a diachronic perspective (Chen 1982).…”

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Exploration of River Names in China

Sun

Xiang-yong²

2023

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As a subtype of toponym, hydronyms reflect people’s perception, understanding, and contemplation of waterbodies. With data collected from authoritative gazetteers, this study classifies the names of 189 major rivers distributed across Mainland China into seven categories to extrapolate general rules governing river-naming in China. The results show that descriptive names comprise the biggest share. Based on this study’s research findings, this article also discusses the complex cognitive processes, including conceptual metonymy, conceptual metaphor, and conceptual blending involved in river-naming in China. Specifically, based on the principles of proximity and prominence, the most frequently employed types were the following metonymies: PLACE FOR RIVER, PROPERTY FOR RIVER, PERSON FOR RIVER, EVENT FOR RIVER, and FUNCTION FOR RIVER. As this research shows, river naming in China is not arbitrary, but highly motivated.

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From Proximate/Obviative to Number Marking: Reanalysis of Hierarchical Indexation in Rgyalrong Languages

Cited by 8 publications

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The historical development of inverse marking in Khroskyabs: evidence from two modern varieties – Siyuewu and Wobzi

The historical development of inverse marking in Khroskyabs: evidence from two modern varieties – Siyuewu and Wobzi

Phylogenies based on lexical innovations refute the Rung hypothesis

Exploration of River Names in China

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