Sami Honkasalo
List of John Benjamins publications for which Sami Honkasalo plays a role.
Articles
2022 From transitive to intransitive and voiceless to voiced in Proto-Sino-Tibetan: New evidence from Stau, Geshiza, and Khroskyabs Language and Linguistics 23:2, pp. 212–239 | Article
This paper offers new evidence from Stau, Geshiza, and Khroskyabs to address the question of directionality in valency-changing derivations in Sino-Tibetan. Examining Stau, Geshiza, and Khroskyabs causative and anticausative verb stem pairs adds to the evidence that in Proto-Sino-Tibetan, a… read more
2020 Verb classes in Horpa: A study of Balang Geshiza and Poxiu Stau Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 43:2, pp. 256–291 | Article
Based on argument indexation properties, this paper offers a model of four verb classes for Geshiza and Stau, two closely related and endangered Horpa lects spoken in Sichuan. Despite increased awareness and interest in Horpa, no exhaustive classification of verbs from the viewpoint of argument… read more