Hill, Nathan W. (2022) 'Two notes on Proto-Ersuic.' Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale, 51 (1). pp. 105-114.
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Abstract
This paper looks at the history of Tosu using 'forward reconstruction'. It concludes that Proto-Ersuic changed *-im to *-am already before its breakup as a unity, but the ‘brightening’ of *-a- to -i- took place independently in Tosu and Lizu-Ersu. In Tosu this brightening did not target labial (or velar) initial words lacking an inherited medial *-j-. A number of changes in the history of Tosu probably preceded brightening, namely *-um, *-ak > -o and *-u, *-it, *-at, *-ra > -e. In contrast, the change *-e- > -i- in Tosu, of unclear conditioning, appears to be quite late. A dissimilation *CeCe > CeCa is potentially also a recent change.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Keywords: | Ersu; Lizu; Tosu; historical phonology; forward reconstruction |
| SOAS Departments & Centres: | Departments and Subunits > Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures |
| ISSN: | 01533320 |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | https://doi.org/10.1163/19606028-bja10017 |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Mar 2022 20:07 |
| URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/36846 |
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