Wedge issues
When I elicited the Pumi (Prinmi) word ts `wedge' in Kunming (March 1996), I was struck by its resemblance to Lahu jii `wedge'. Since the Qiangic languages are not particularly close to Loloish on the TB family tree, this apparent cognate for an item of non-core vocabulary was of interest....
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| description | When I elicited the Pumi (Prinmi) word ts `wedge' in Kunming (March 1996), I was struck by its resemblance to Lahu jii `wedge'. Since the Qiangic languages are not particularly close to Loloish on the TB family tree, this apparent cognate for an item of non-core vocabulary was of interest. The first task in establishing a relationship between the Pumi and the Lahu forms was to reconstruct the PLB ancestor of Lahu _ill. Then possible cognates to the Pumi form in other Qiangic languages had to be examined. Given our present rudimentary knowledge of comparative Qiangic, could parallel examples establish a Proto-Qiangic reconstruction resembling our newly reconstructed PLB form. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1780332024-06-06T07:48:34Z Wedge issues Matisoff, James A. University of California, Berkeley Arts and Humanities When I elicited the Pumi (Prinmi) word ts `wedge' in Kunming (March 1996), I was struck by its resemblance to Lahu jii `wedge'. Since the Qiangic languages are not particularly close to Loloish on the TB family tree, this apparent cognate for an item of non-core vocabulary was of interest. The first task in establishing a relationship between the Pumi and the Lahu forms was to reconstruct the PLB ancestor of Lahu _ill. Then possible cognates to the Pumi form in other Qiangic languages had to be examined. Given our present rudimentary knowledge of comparative Qiangic, could parallel examples establish a Proto-Qiangic reconstruction resembling our newly reconstructed PLB form. Published version 2024-06-06T07:48:34Z 2024-06-06T07:48:34Z 2002 Journal Article Matisoff, J. A. (2002). Wedge issues. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 25(1), 137-164. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LTBA.25.1.06 0731-3500 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178033 10.32655/LTBA.25.1.06 1 25 137 164 en Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area © 2002 The Editor(s). All rights reserved. application/pdf |
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