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Hill, Nathan W. (2023) 'Making and agreeing to requests in Old Tibetan.' Himalayan Linguistics, 21 (1). pp. 29-39.

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Abstract

The verbs གསོལ་ gsol `request' and གནང་ gnaṅ `agree, grant', because of theircomplementary semantics and parallel syntax, provide a convenient windowthrough which to caste light on the two forms of subordinate clausesthat they both govern, namely infinitives and terminative verbal nouns.

Item Type: Journal Article
Keywords: Old Tibetan, switch reference, subordination
SOAS Departments & Centres: Departments and Subunits > Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures
ISSN: 15447502
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): https://doi.org/10.5070/H921156970
Date Deposited: 13 Mar 2023 19:38
URI: https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/39120

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