Bangladesh Khumi Verbal Classifiers and Kuki-Chin 'Chiming'
Bangladesh Khumi Verbal Classifiers and Kuki-Chin 'Chiming'
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孟加拉国 Khumi 言语分类词和 Kuki-Chin Chiming
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2008
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D. A. Peterson
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D. A. Peterson
本文从Aikhenvald 2000年阐述的分类类型学的观点出发，对孟加拉国北部方言Khumi （Kuki-Chin）中被认为是言语分类词的元素进行了检查。讨论中的元素被认为在大多数方面符合Aikhenvald在其他地方识别的言语分类器，这是一个值得注意的发现，因为这些元素通常不被认为是该地区语言或藏缅语更普遍的特征。本文进一步考虑了这些词性分类词在更广泛的库奇汉语语境中的地位，得出结论认为，它们与那些被描述为“谐音”副词的元素（例如，在Tedim中）或表意元素（例如，在Hakha Lai中）最密切相关。讨论了在库米语和其他地方发现的元素之间的一些相似和不同之处，并提出了一个可能的发展情景来解释库米语和其他语言之间的差异。
This paper provides an examination of elements which are claimed to be verbal classifiers in the northern dialect of Bangladesh Khumi (Kuki-Chin) from the standpoint of classifier typology as elaborated in Aikhenvald 2000. The elements in question are argued to conform in most respects to what Aikhenvald identifies for verbal classifiers elsewhere, a noteworthy finding as such elements are not generally recognized to characterize languages of the area or Tibeto-Burman languages more generally. The paper proceeds to consider the place of these verbal classifiers in a wider Kuki-Chin context, concluding that they are most closely related to elements otherwise described as 'chiming' adverbs (e.g., in Tedim) or as ideophonic elements (e.g., for Hakha Lai). A number of similarities and differences between the elements found in Khumi and those found elsewhere are discussed, and a possible developmental scenario is suggested to account for the differences seen between Khumi and other languages.