The Sino-Tibetan tonogenetic laryngeal reconstruction theory
Tibeto-Burman reconstructional theories explaining tonogenesis through the nature of the initial consonant of the syllable are unable to take into account the pecul¬iar tonological developments in Kuki-Naga and Baric lan¬guages. The assumption of either a two tone or three tone system of the proto-l...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178694 |
| Summary: | Tibeto-Burman reconstructional theories explaining tonogenesis through the nature of the initial consonant of the syllable are unable to take into account the pecul¬iar tonological developments in Kuki-Naga and Baric lan¬guages. The assumption of either a two tone or three tone system of the proto-language fails on similar grounds. The reconstructional difficulties encountered by such theories are briefly recapitulated. At the same time this raises the question of what entity a theory is like. |
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