Tonal morphology in Sama Nubri: Case marking and transitivity alternations

Cathryn Jane Donohue

doi:10.1075/sl.19074.don

Tonal morphology in Sama Nubri: Case marking and transitivity alternations

Cathryn Jane Donohue

Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies

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Abstract

This paper reports on the Tibeto-Burman language, Nubri, of the high Himalayan region of northern central Nepal. Specifically, data is presented to illustrate the use of tone to mark two morphological features in the language: the use of a H tone suffix to mark the genitive case, and the use of a H tone prefix to mark an increase in transitivity. This is the first account of these phenomena in Nubri and an analysis is presented before contextualizing the phenomena in a typological perspective.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	408-427
Number of pages	20
Journal	Studies in Language
Volume	45
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.19074.don
Publication status	Published - 10 Aug 2021

Keywords

Case marking
Causatives
Grammatical tone
Tonal morphology
Transitivity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Language and Linguistics
Communication
Linguistics and Language

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