Chapter 10. Postposed indefinite articles in Mongolic and Turkic languages of the Qinghai-Gansu Sprachbund
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Hans Nugteren
Abstract
The Qinghai-Gansu area in Northwestern China is home to a Sprachbund that encompasses languages of four groups: (Northwestern Mandarin) Chinese, (Amdo) Tibetan, Mongolic, and Turkic. Four of the Shirongol Mongolic languages (Mongghul, Mangghuer, Baoan, and Kangjia) and the Turkic language Salar have developed a postposed indefinite article, apparently under the influence of neighboring Tibetan. This paper provides a general survey of the development and usage of the indefinite article in this region, illustrated by examples from the Turkic and Mongolic Sprachbund members involved. It concludes (in appendix) with a Salar text sample that shows the usage of the article in context.
Abstract
The Qinghai-Gansu area in Northwestern China is home to a Sprachbund that encompasses languages of four groups: (Northwestern Mandarin) Chinese, (Amdo) Tibetan, Mongolic, and Turkic. Four of the Shirongol Mongolic languages (Mongghul, Mangghuer, Baoan, and Kangjia) and the Turkic language Salar have developed a postposed indefinite article, apparently under the influence of neighboring Tibetan. This paper provides a general survey of the development and usage of the indefinite article in this region, illustrated by examples from the Turkic and Mongolic Sprachbund members involved. It concludes (in appendix) with a Salar text sample that shows the usage of the article in context.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of tables ix
- List of figures xi
- List of contributors xiii
- Acknowledgements xv
- Chapter 1. Towards a typology of shared grammaticalization 1
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Part I. Shared grammaticalization: Typological and theoretical aspects
- Chapter 2. Areal diffusion and parallelism in drift 23
- Chapter 3. Demystifying drift 43
- Chapter 4. Contact-induced replication 67
- Chapter 5. Isomorphic processes 101
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Part II. Shared grammaticalization in the Transeurasian languages
- Chapter 6. Scalar additive operators in Transeurasian languages 113
- Chapter 7. Genealogically motivated grammaticalization 147
- Chapter 8. Verbalization and insubordination in Siberian languages 177
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Part III. Shared grammaticalization in the Altaic languages
- Chapter 9. Personal pronouns in Core Altaic 211
- Chapter 10. Postposed indefinite articles in Mongolic and Turkic languages of the Qinghai-Gansu Sprachbund 227
- Chapter 11. Growing apart in shared grammaticalization 251
- Chapter 12. Incipient grammaticalization of a redundant purpose clause marker in Lamunxin Ėven 259
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Part IV. Shared grammaticalization in Japanese and Korean
- Chapter 13. Grammaticalization of space in Korean and Japanese 287
- Chapter 14. Grammaticalization of allocutivity markers in Japanese and Korean in a crosslinguistic perspective 317
- Chapter 15. A possible grammaticalization in Old Japanese and its implications for the comparison of Korean and Japanese 341
- Language index 355
- Subject index 359
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of tables ix
- List of figures xi
- List of contributors xiii
- Acknowledgements xv
- Chapter 1. Towards a typology of shared grammaticalization 1
-
Part I. Shared grammaticalization: Typological and theoretical aspects
- Chapter 2. Areal diffusion and parallelism in drift 23
- Chapter 3. Demystifying drift 43
- Chapter 4. Contact-induced replication 67
- Chapter 5. Isomorphic processes 101
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Part II. Shared grammaticalization in the Transeurasian languages
- Chapter 6. Scalar additive operators in Transeurasian languages 113
- Chapter 7. Genealogically motivated grammaticalization 147
- Chapter 8. Verbalization and insubordination in Siberian languages 177
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Part III. Shared grammaticalization in the Altaic languages
- Chapter 9. Personal pronouns in Core Altaic 211
- Chapter 10. Postposed indefinite articles in Mongolic and Turkic languages of the Qinghai-Gansu Sprachbund 227
- Chapter 11. Growing apart in shared grammaticalization 251
- Chapter 12. Incipient grammaticalization of a redundant purpose clause marker in Lamunxin Ėven 259
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Part IV. Shared grammaticalization in Japanese and Korean
- Chapter 13. Grammaticalization of space in Korean and Japanese 287
- Chapter 14. Grammaticalization of allocutivity markers in Japanese and Korean in a crosslinguistic perspective 317
- Chapter 15. A possible grammaticalization in Old Japanese and its implications for the comparison of Korean and Japanese 341
- Language index 355
- Subject index 359