Grammaticalisation of extent in Mran-Ni
There is a small subclass of verbs of dimensional extent within the stative verbs of various Mran-Ni (MN, generally known as Burmese-Lolo or Lolo-Burmese)2 languages. They comprise a small number of positive and negative pairs of verbs such as FAR and NEAR, LONG and SHORT, etc. In a number of cases...
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| description | There is a small subclass of verbs of dimensional extent within the stative verbs of various Mran-Ni (MN, generally known as Burmese-Lolo or Lolo-Burmese)2 languages. They comprise a small number of positive and negative pairs of verbs such as FAR and NEAR, LONG and SHORT, etc. In a number of cases the positive extentive is a MN or southeastern Tibeto-Burman (TB) lexical innovation, while in other cases both positive and negative extentives are derived from well-established TB etyma. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1781892024-06-12T01:41:44Z Grammaticalisation of extent in Mran-Ni Bradley, David La Trobe University, Melbourne Arts and Humanities There is a small subclass of verbs of dimensional extent within the stative verbs of various Mran-Ni (MN, generally known as Burmese-Lolo or Lolo-Burmese)2 languages. They comprise a small number of positive and negative pairs of verbs such as FAR and NEAR, LONG and SHORT, etc. In a number of cases the positive extentive is a MN or southeastern Tibeto-Burman (TB) lexical innovation, while in other cases both positive and negative extentives are derived from well-established TB etyma. Published version 2024-06-12T01:41:43Z 2024-06-12T01:41:43Z 1995 Journal Article Bradley, D. (1995). Grammaticalisation of extent in Mran-Ni. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 18(1), 1-28. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LTBA.18.1.01 0731-3500 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178189 10.32655/LTBA.18.1.01 1 18 1 28 en Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area © 1995 The Editor(s). All rights reserved. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Arts and Humanities Bradley, David Grammaticalisation of extent in Mran-Ni |
| title | Grammaticalisation of extent in Mran-Ni |
| title_full | Grammaticalisation of extent in Mran-Ni |
| title_fullStr | Grammaticalisation of extent in Mran-Ni |
| title_full_unstemmed | Grammaticalisation of extent in Mran-Ni |
| title_short | Grammaticalisation of extent in Mran-Ni |
| title_sort | grammaticalisation of extent in mran ni |
| topic | Arts and Humanities |
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