Publication: Transitivity markers in West Himalayish: synchronic and diachronic considerations
Transitivity markers in West Himalayish: synchronic and diachronic considerations
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Widmer, M. (2018). Transitivity markers in West Himalayish: synchronic and diachronic considerations. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 41(1), 75–105. https://doi.org/10.1075/ltba.17011.wid
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The present paper describes a transitivity distinction that is attested in some Tibeto-Burman (TB) languages of the West Himalayish (WH) subgroup. The relevant distinction is encoded by a set of dedicated markers that occur between verb stems and inflectional endings and group verb into transitivity classes. The paper first offers a synchronic description of transitivity classes in the WH language Bunan, discussing their formal realization and functional motivation. Subsequently, the relevant transitivity classes are discussed from a
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- Widmer, Manuel
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Widmer, M. (2018). Transitivity markers in West Himalayish: synchronic and diachronic considerations. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 41(1), 75–105. https://doi.org/10.1075/ltba.17011.wid
