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Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area
Vol. 40:2 (2017) ► pp.124–132

A note on volitional and non-volitional prefixes in Gyalrong languages

| Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
This paper addresses Prins’ (2016) recent proposal of a m(ə)‑ non-volitional prefix in the Kyomkyo dialect of Situ, showing that alternative analyses are preferable. In addition, it offers an account of some irregular anticausative forms in Situ, and presents evidence for a possible volitional mə‑ prefix in Gyalrong languages.
Keywords: Situ, Japhug, volitionality, anticausative, derivational morphology
Article outline
  • Introduction
  • 1.Anticausative prenasalization
  • 2.Denominal prefixes
  • 3.Autobenefactive-spontaneous
  • 4.A volitional mɯ- prefix in Japhug?
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 5 April 2018
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