Optionality and paradigmaticity

The Htanaw verb between isolation and agglutination

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ID21458078
AuthorsMathias Jenny (0000-0001-8919-1170, Chiang Mai University https://dx.doi.org/206120 Chiang Mai Thailand), Han Tin (Chiang Mai University https://dx.doi.org/206120 Chiang Mai Thailand), Rachel Weymuth (0000-0003-2984-9641, Myanmar Cultures and Languages Support (MCL) Zurich Switzerland), Alexandra HERDEG (University of Zurich Zurich Switzerland)
Year2024
Pages1-39
Publication date2024-08-06
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCahiers de linguistique - Asie orientale (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0153-3320 • E-ISSN: 1960-6028
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/19606028-bja10044
OpenAlexW4401405401
LanguageEN
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Zooming in from the grand-scale descriptions of the Mainland Southeast Asian convergence area, this paper focuses on Htanaw, an Austroasiatic language in Myanmar’s Shan State. Close contact with Burmese/Intha, Pa’O, and Shan led to a restructuring of Htanaw, exemplified here by the verb phrase, which exhibits an intriguing mixture of (isolating) Austroasiatic and (morphologically complex) Tibeto-Burman features. The Htanaw VP is internally complex with optional bound morphemes expressing grammatical and semantic categories. Based on original fieldwork data and available published material, this study presents the dynamics of the Htanaw verb phrase patterns and puts them in an areal typological perspective

Burmese · Linguistics · Morpheme · Natural language processing · Noun phrase · Phrase · Verb · Verb phrase · Computer Science · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Artificial Intelligence

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