Thoughts on the Etyma for ‘corpse’ in Gyalrongic languages

This paper studies the four distinct native terms for ‘corpse’ attested in Gyalrongic languages. Through comparative analysis, it establishes the sound correspondences among cognates and proposes preliminary reconstructions. In a second step, it hypothesises on the origins of the etyma by examining...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lai, Yunfan
Other Authors: School of Humanities
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/181102
https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-968X.12303