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The future tenses in the Tibetic languages

Diachronic and dialectal perspectives
  • Nicolas Tournadre
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Aspectuality and Temporality
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Abstract

In this paper, I will present the various types of futures in the Tibetic languages and their relationship to other tenses, aspects and modalities. Tibetic languages constitute a compact family of languages derived from Old Tibetan spoken in six countries (China, India, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan and Myanmar). These languages usually have a wide range of “future tenses”. There is generally a distinction between Realis and Irrealis types of futures as well as a pervasive distinction between Intentional and non-Intentional Futures. Tibetic languages have a rich inventory of forms expressing various epistemic and evidential values in the context of future. Finally, I will examine a number of specific types of futures such as Benefactive, Warning or Autolalic futures which are found in some Tibetic languages.

Abstract

In this paper, I will present the various types of futures in the Tibetic languages and their relationship to other tenses, aspects and modalities. Tibetic languages constitute a compact family of languages derived from Old Tibetan spoken in six countries (China, India, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan and Myanmar). These languages usually have a wide range of “future tenses”. There is generally a distinction between Realis and Irrealis types of futures as well as a pervasive distinction between Intentional and non-Intentional Futures. Tibetic languages have a rich inventory of forms expressing various epistemic and evidential values in the context of future. Finally, I will examine a number of specific types of futures such as Benefactive, Warning or Autolalic futures which are found in some Tibetic languages.

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  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. List of contributors ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Part I. Theoretical issues
  6. A cognitive and conceptual approach to tense and aspect markers 27
  7. Part II. Grammatical encoding of aspectual and temporal distinctions
  8. Tense, aspect and mood in Nêlêmwa (New Caledonia) 63
  9. On the tense-aspect system of standard Thai* 109
  10. Dravidian conceptual basis for the Badaga “tenses” 131
  11. Tense and aspect in the verbal system of Wolof* 171
  12. Tense and aspect in Langi* 231
  13. Aspect in Sikuani 265
  14. Part III. Grammatical aspect and Aktionsarten
  15. Aspect-tense relations in East Greenlandic 297
  16. On interaction between external and internal markers in expressing aspect in Arabic dialect varieties 325
  17. Part IV. Indo-European Aorist and Hamito-Semitic Aorist
  18. The aorist and the perfect in Albanian* 357
  19. The aorist in Modern Armenian 375
  20. The verbal form V-ā in Hindi/Urdu 413
  21. The aorist in Berber 447
  22. The Aorist in Zenaga Berber and the Imperfective in two Arabic dialects 465
  23. Part V. Perfects and resultatives
  24. Modern Greek -tos (τος) and -menos (μενος) 505
  25. Resultative Interpretation of Predicates in Korean* 525
  26. On two types of result 563
  27. Part VI. The Future and future reference
  28. Future and prospective in the Mongolic languages 599
  29. The future tenses in the Tibetic languages 625
  30. No escape from the future 643
  31. The Bulgarian future in light of the temporal frames of reference 679
  32. Part VII. Grammatical change
  33. Aspect as the source of diathesis in NorthEastern Neo-Aramaic and beyond with remarks on transitivity, accusativity, ergativity and case 705
  34. Language Index 727
  35. Author Index 729
  36. Subject Index 735
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.172.20tou

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. List of contributors ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Part I. Theoretical issues
  6. A cognitive and conceptual approach to tense and aspect markers 27
  7. Part II. Grammatical encoding of aspectual and temporal distinctions
  8. Tense, aspect and mood in Nêlêmwa (New Caledonia) 63
  9. On the tense-aspect system of standard Thai* 109
  10. Dravidian conceptual basis for the Badaga “tenses” 131
  11. Tense and aspect in the verbal system of Wolof* 171
  12. Tense and aspect in Langi* 231
  13. Aspect in Sikuani 265
  14. Part III. Grammatical aspect and Aktionsarten
  15. Aspect-tense relations in East Greenlandic 297
  16. On interaction between external and internal markers in expressing aspect in Arabic dialect varieties 325
  17. Part IV. Indo-European Aorist and Hamito-Semitic Aorist
  18. The aorist and the perfect in Albanian* 357
  19. The aorist in Modern Armenian 375
  20. The verbal form V-ā in Hindi/Urdu 413
  21. The aorist in Berber 447
  22. The Aorist in Zenaga Berber and the Imperfective in two Arabic dialects 465
  23. Part V. Perfects and resultatives
  24. Modern Greek -tos (τος) and -menos (μενος) 505
  25. Resultative Interpretation of Predicates in Korean* 525
  26. On two types of result 563
  27. Part VI. The Future and future reference
  28. Future and prospective in the Mongolic languages 599
  29. The future tenses in the Tibetic languages 625
  30. No escape from the future 643
  31. The Bulgarian future in light of the temporal frames of reference 679
  32. Part VII. Grammatical change
  33. Aspect as the source of diathesis in NorthEastern Neo-Aramaic and beyond with remarks on transitivity, accusativity, ergativity and case 705
  34. Language Index 727
  35. Author Index 729
  36. Subject Index 735
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