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Despite their genetic relation, Sino-Tibetan (aka Trans-Himalayan) languages are characterized by very different typological profiles: from toneless languages to languages with highly complex tonal systems; from morphologically poor languages to extremely complex verbal systems etc. Various languages demonstrate peculiar features unknown from better studied e.g. Indo-European languages, such as “ideophonic suffixes”, independent nominalized clauses, interaction-regulating discourse particles etc. The languages differ also in their sociolinguistic profiles that interestingly correlate with grammatical properties. We will survey different domains of grammar and grammatical properties of Tibeto-Burman languages using available grammars and literature. |
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DeLancey, Scott. 2013. Creolization in the Divergence of the Tibeto-Burman Languages. In Owen-Smith Thomas and Nathan Hill (eds.) Trans-Himalayan Linguistics: Historical and Descriptive Linguistics of the Himalayan Area. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton
Matisoff, James A., 1995. Tone, intonation, and sound symbolism in Lahu: loading the syllable canon. In Leanne Hinton, Johanna Nichols and John J. Ohala (eds.) Sound Symbolism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 115-129
Thurgood Graham and Randy LaPolla (eds.) 2013 The Sino-Tibetan Languages. London: Routledge
Post, Mark W. 2010. Predicate derivations in the Tani languages: Root, suffix, both or neither? In Morey, Stephen and Mark W. Post. North East Indian Linguistics, Volume 2, New Delhi: Cambridge University Press India |
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