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https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178033| Title: | Wedge issues | Authors: | Matisoff, James A. | Keywords: | Arts and Humanities | Issue Date: | 2002 | Source: | Matisoff, J. A. (2002). Wedge issues. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 25(1), 137-164. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LTBA.25.1.06 | Journal: | Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area | Abstract: | When I elicited the Pumi (Prinmi) word ts `wedge' in Kunming (March 1996), I was struck by its resemblance to Lahu jii `wedge'. Since the Qiangic languages are not particularly close to Loloish on the TB family tree, this apparent cognate for an item of non-core vocabulary was of interest. The first task in establishing a relationship between the Pumi and the Lahu forms was to reconstruct the PLB ancestor of Lahu _ill. Then possible cognates to the Pumi form in other Qiangic languages had to be examined. Given our present rudimentary knowledge of comparative Qiangic, could parallel examples establish a Proto-Qiangic reconstruction resembling our newly reconstructed PLB form. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178033 | ISSN: | 0731-3500 | DOI: | 10.32655/LTBA.25.1.06 | Organisations: | University of California, Berkeley | Rights: | © 2002 The Editor(s). All rights reserved. | Fulltext Permission: | open | Fulltext Availability: | With Fulltext |
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