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 |
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Pages (from-to) | 408-427 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | Studies in Language |
Volume | 45 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
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