Relative clauses in Lai Chin, with special reference to verb stem alternation and the extension of control theory
I shall begin with some fairly comprehensive examples of the way relative clauses are constructed in the Lai (Haka) Chin language, a Tibeto-Burman language of the Kuki-Chin branch, spoken in the Central part of the Chin State, in the mountains on the West of Burma (Myanmar). It will be seen, inter a...
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| author | Lehman (Chit Hlaing), F. K. |
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| description | I shall begin with some fairly comprehensive examples of the way relative clauses are constructed in the Lai (Haka) Chin language, a Tibeto-Burman language of the Kuki-Chin branch, spoken in the Central part of the Chin State, in the mountains on the West of Burma (Myanmar). It will be seen, inter alia, that two things need to be accounted for. On the one hand, one wants a proper account of the relative clause construction, where the language gives no evidence of overt movement,1 especially wh-movement, but where, none the less, the clause is introduced by a noun phrase with a wh-determiner. On the other hand, when such a construction relativises on the subject of a transitive clause, it will be noticed that the form of the verb stem changes, and this, too, wants a systematic and coherent account. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1781802024-06-11T07:12:03Z Relative clauses in Lai Chin, with special reference to verb stem alternation and the extension of control theory Lehman (Chit Hlaing), F. K. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Arts and Humanities I shall begin with some fairly comprehensive examples of the way relative clauses are constructed in the Lai (Haka) Chin language, a Tibeto-Burman language of the Kuki-Chin branch, spoken in the Central part of the Chin State, in the mountains on the West of Burma (Myanmar). It will be seen, inter alia, that two things need to be accounted for. On the one hand, one wants a proper account of the relative clause construction, where the language gives no evidence of overt movement,1 especially wh-movement, but where, none the less, the clause is introduced by a noun phrase with a wh-determiner. On the other hand, when such a construction relativises on the subject of a transitive clause, it will be noticed that the form of the verb stem changes, and this, too, wants a systematic and coherent account. Published version 2024-06-11T07:12:03Z 2024-06-11T07:12:03Z 1996 Journal Article Lehman (Chit Hlaing), F. K. (1996). Relative clauses in Lai Chin, with special reference to verb stem alternation and the extension of control theory. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 19(1), 43-58. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LTBA.19.1.04 0731-3500 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178180 10.32655/LTBA.19.1.04 1 19 43 58 en Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area © 1996 The Editor(s). All rights reserved. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Arts and Humanities Lehman (Chit Hlaing), F. K. Relative clauses in Lai Chin, with special reference to verb stem alternation and the extension of control theory |
| title | Relative clauses in Lai Chin, with special reference to verb stem alternation and the extension of control theory |
| title_full | Relative clauses in Lai Chin, with special reference to verb stem alternation and the extension of control theory |
| title_fullStr | Relative clauses in Lai Chin, with special reference to verb stem alternation and the extension of control theory |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relative clauses in Lai Chin, with special reference to verb stem alternation and the extension of control theory |
| title_short | Relative clauses in Lai Chin, with special reference to verb stem alternation and the extension of control theory |
| title_sort | relative clauses in lai chin with special reference to verb stem alternation and the extension of control theory |
| topic | Arts and Humanities |
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