On the cluster * sr – in Sino-Tibetan

Jacques, Guillaume

doi:10.1353/jcl.2015.0001

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“…The dental prefix *tis recognized as a prefix for inanienable nouns in Old Chinese (e.g., 肘 ʈjuwX < *t-[k]<r>uʔ 'elbow') (Baxter & Sagart 2014: 57;Jacques 2014c;Sagart 1999: 95-97), and has even been attested in a potential case of nominalization. As illustrated in ( 19), if we consider 臭 tɕʰuwH to be derived from the verb 朽 xjuwX, then the pattern *t-Σ-s seems to be comparable to the event nominalizing circumfix tə-Σ-s in Situ.…”

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Rethinking the *-s suffix in Old Chinese: with new evidence from Situ Rgyalrong

Zhang

2022

Folia Linguistica

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This paper re-examines previous hypotheses claiming the primacy of a perfect(ive) value in certain qusheng (*-s) derivations (in particular nominalization) in Old Chinese. First, it revisits examples previously cited as having been derived from the perfect(ive), and proposes to re-classify them as resulting from three different derivational processes, nominalization, verb argument demotion, and adverbialization. Second, it focuses on Sino-Tibetan comparative data, in particular from Situ Rgyalrong, a language with severe isomorphism across four -s suffixes. Then, on the basis of morphological (especially stem changes) and syntactic criteria, it sorts out the relationship between the different -s suffixes in Situ, while suggesting multiple sources to account for the diverse functions of qusheng (*-s) in Old Chinese.

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Rethinking the *-s suffix in Old Chinese: with new evidence from Situ Rgyalrong

Zhang

2022

Folia Linguistica

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“…Tibetan attests no presyllables and allows for a maximum of two preinitial consonants. Yet some scholars suspect preinitials in Tibetan came from presyllables (Jacques 2012(Jacques , 2014c, as shown in (36).…”

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Lenition alternation in West Gyalrongic and its implications for Southeast Asian panchronic phonology

Lai

2023

DIA

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Based on internal reconstruction, this paper resolves a long-standing problem observed in Khroskyabs, a West Gyalrongic language (Sino-Tibetan), that seems to sporadically have lenited voiceless stops, resulting in irregular correspondences with East Gyalrongic. Two major sound changes are involved: intervocalic lenition and post-stress intersyllabic compression. It turns out that the processes proposed here are one probable solution to monosyllabicization in languages of Southeast Asia, explaining a pathway from polysyllables or sesquisyllables toward monosyllables. Through examining potential problems of previous reconstructions in various languages, this paper shows that the Khroskyabs case provides a plausible direction in the solution of relevant unresolved problems from a panchronic perspective.

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“…As Tibetan studies flourished into an interdisciplinary subject over the last century, linguistic studies of the Tibetan language and its policy issues have arisen as a major field receiving attention from not only international linguistic scholars, including both Tibetan and Chinese linguists, but also the Tibetan diaspora. A review of the literature in Tibetan, Chinese, and English shows that this research can be categorised into three areas: (1) the linguistic origin of the Tibetan language family (Denwood 2007;Hill 2015;Hill & Di 2015;Jacques 2015;Johann-Mattis et al 2019;Lapolla 2019;Li 2011;Tournadre 2014;Zhang et al 2019 10 ); (2) the status and functional 8 Duranti and Goodwin, eds., Rethinking Context; Hill, Language and Social Relations; Hirsch, "Language as Reflective Experience"; Gao, "Cantonese is not a Dialect"; Gao, "The Ideological Framing"; Gao,"Language Policy Research";and Vaillancourt et al,Official Language Policies. 9 Blachford, "Language Planning and Bilingual"; Kaplan and Baldauf, Language Planning from Practice; and Kibler, Implementation of Educational.…”

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A sociological analysis of Tibetan language policy issues in China

Jia

Pai

2021

SN Soc Sci

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This paper presents a sociological analysis of Tibetan language policy issues in China during the 1951-2020 period from a sociological perspective, while also attempting to portray the complex situations in which the same language is used in communication and interactions within sub-marginally demarcated societies where the same macrosocial structure is shared by traditions but the microsocial structure has been fragmented by the embedded social system, posing the risk of social structural collapse through social change stemming from language problems. In this analysis, Cooper's model is applied to the Tibetan context of language status planning and social change while examining the process of how China's language policy is to replace the Tibetan language, resulting in forms of social change. The results of this examination emphasise the need for multifarious reconciliation, not a single language policy issue, in sustaining the future identity of Tibetan populations (See Table 1).

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On the cluster * sr – in Sino-Tibetan

Cited by 22 publications

References 12 publications

Rethinking the *-s suffix in Old Chinese: with new evidence from Situ Rgyalrong

Rethinking the *-s suffix in Old Chinese: with new evidence from Situ Rgyalrong

Lenition alternation in West Gyalrongic and its implications for Southeast Asian panchronic phonology

A sociological analysis of Tibetan language policy issues in China

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