Nominalization and focus constructions in some Kiranti languages

  • It is well-known that in many if not most Sino-Tibetan languages relative clause and attribute/genitive markers are identical with nominalization devices and that sentences bearing such markers can also function as independent utterances (cf. Matisoff 1972, Kölver 1977, DeLancey 1989, Genetti 1992, Ebert 1994, Bickel 1995, Noonan 1997, etc.). This morphological convergence of syntactic functions, which we may dub the ‘Standard Sino-Tibetan Nominalization’ (SSTN) pattern, is particularly prominent in some languages spoken in the eastern and southeastern part of the Kirant because these languages not only feature prenominal relative clauses, but also allow, albeit as a minor type, internally headed constructions.

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Author:Balthasar BickelORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-1160449
URL:http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~bickel/research/papers/focnom99.pdf
Document Type:Part of a Book
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2010/08/10
Year of first Publication:2006
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2010/08/10
GND Keyword:Sinotibetische Sprachen; Kiranti
Page Number:24
Note:
Postprint, zuerst in: Yadava, Yogendra P., Warren G. Glover: Topics in Nepalese linguistics. - Kathmandu: Royal Nepal Academy, 2000, S. 271 – 296.
Source:http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~bickel/research/papers/focnom99.pdf ; (in:) Yadava, Yogendra P., Warren G. Glover: Topics in Nepalese linguistics. - Kathmandu: Royal Nepal Academy, 2000, S. 271 – 296
HeBIS-PPN:284845515
Dewey Decimal Classification:4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache
4 Sprache / 49 Andere Sprachen / 490 Andere Sprachen
Sammlungen:Linguistik
Linguistik-Klassifikation:Linguistik-Klassifikation: Morphologie / Morphology
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht