Voicing alternation and sigmatic causative prefixation in Tibetan

Voicing alternation and sigmatic causative prefixation in Tibetan

The present paper discusses the hypothesis according to which a devoicing sound shift *sb- > sp-, *sd- > st-, *sg- > sk- took place in pre-Tibetan. I show that all examples supporting this putative sound shift have better explanations, and that this hypothesis creates more problems than it...

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Veröffentlicht in:Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 2020-06, Vol.83 (2), p.283-292
1. Verfasser: Jacques, Guillaume
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Chinese languages
Humanities and Social Sciences
Hypotheses
Language typology
Linguistics
Morphology
Phonology
Prefixes
Tibeto Burman languages
Voicing
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Zusammenfassung:The present paper discusses the hypothesis according to which a devoicing sound shift *sb- > sp-, *sd- > st-, *sg- > sk- took place in pre-Tibetan. I show that all examples supporting this putative sound shift have better explanations, and that this hypothesis creates more problems than it solves. In addition, I discuss data from modern Tibetic varieties, showing that no typological parallel for such a sound shift is attested.
ISSN:0041-977X
1474-0699
DOI:10.1017/S0041977X20002189