Lexical data for the historical comparison of Rgyalrongic languages [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
As one of the most morphologically conservative branches of the Sino-Tibetan language family, most of the Rgyalrongic languages are still understudied and poorly understood, not to mention their vulnerable or endangered status. It is therefore important for available data of these languages to be ma...
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| description | As one of the most morphologically conservative branches of the Sino-Tibetan language family, most of the Rgyalrongic languages are still understudied and poorly understood, not to mention their vulnerable or endangered status. It is therefore important for available data of these languages to be made accessible. The lexical data sets the authors have assembled provide comparative word lists of 20 modern and medieval Rgyalrongic languages, consisting of word lists from fieldwork carried out by the first author and other colleagues as well as published word lists by other authors. In particular, data of the two Khroskyabs varieties were collected by the first author from 2011 to 2016. Cognate identification is based on the authors' expertise in Rgyalrong historical linguistics through application of the comparative method. We curated the data by conducting phonemic segmentation and partial cognate annotation. The data sets can be used by historical linguists interested in the etymology and the phylogeny of the languages in question, and they can use them to answer questions regarding individual word histories or the subgrouping of languages in this important branch of Sino-Tibetan. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c654636968784cc1b86004139bc7ce2c2023-10-19T00:00:00ZengF1000 Research LtdOpen Research Europe2732-51212023-10-01318034Lexical data for the historical comparison of Rgyalrongic languages [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]Yunfan Lai0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7034-056XJohann-Mattis List1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2133-8919Trinity Centre for Asian Studies, The University of Dublin Trinity College, Dublin, Leinster, D02 PN40, IrelandDepartment of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, 04103, GermanyAs one of the most morphologically conservative branches of the Sino-Tibetan language family, most of the Rgyalrongic languages are still understudied and poorly understood, not to mention their vulnerable or endangered status. It is therefore important for available data of these languages to be made accessible. The lexical data sets the authors have assembled provide comparative word lists of 20 modern and medieval Rgyalrongic languages, consisting of word lists from fieldwork carried out by the first author and other colleagues as well as published word lists by other authors. In particular, data of the two Khroskyabs varieties were collected by the first author from 2011 to 2016. Cognate identification is based on the authors' expertise in Rgyalrong historical linguistics through application of the comparative method. We curated the data by conducting phonemic segmentation and partial cognate annotation. The data sets can be used by historical linguists interested in the etymology and the phylogeny of the languages in question, and they can use them to answer questions regarding individual word histories or the subgrouping of languages in this important branch of Sino-Tibetan.https://open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/3-99/v2lexical data; historical linguistics; language phylogeny; Rgyalrongic; Sino-Tibetan; language subgrouping; partial cognate annotation; endangered languageseng |
| spellingShingle | Yunfan Lai Johann-Mattis List Lexical data for the historical comparison of Rgyalrongic languages [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] Open Research Europe lexical data; historical linguistics; language phylogeny; Rgyalrongic; Sino-Tibetan; language subgrouping; partial cognate annotation; endangered languages eng |
| title | Lexical data for the historical comparison of Rgyalrongic languages [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] |
| title_full | Lexical data for the historical comparison of Rgyalrongic languages [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] |
| title_fullStr | Lexical data for the historical comparison of Rgyalrongic languages [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lexical data for the historical comparison of Rgyalrongic languages [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] |
| title_short | Lexical data for the historical comparison of Rgyalrongic languages [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] |
| title_sort | lexical data for the historical comparison of rgyalrongic languages version 2 peer review 2 approved 1 approved with reservations |
| topic | lexical data; historical linguistics; language phylogeny; Rgyalrongic; Sino-Tibetan; language subgrouping; partial cognate annotation; endangered languages eng |
| url | https://open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/3-99/v2 |
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