A First Look at Chen (Konyak) Argument and Clause Structures

dc.contributor.author	Konyak, Hoipo
dc.date.accessioned	2021-02-03T18:37:31Z
dc.date.available	2021-02-03T18:37:31Z
dc.date.issued	2021-02-03
dc.description.abstract	Chen (Bodo-Konyak-Jingphaw, Tibeto-Burman) is an undocumented language of the Konyak ethnic group. It is spoken in northeast India and northwest Myanmar. This article provides a first description of the Chen simple argument and clause structures. Chen argument structures include both noun phrases and pronouns, which can both take case markers. Other noun phrase modifiers include demonstratives, possessors, adjectives, nouns, a plural marker, quantifiers, and gender. Chen adjectives are formed from attributive forms in combinations of ʔa V-pe, ʔa-V, V-pe, and ho-V. The pronoun inventory includes personal, interrogative, and demonstrative pronouns. Simple clauses exhibit SOV word order and include intransitive, transitive, ditransitive, attributive, and copula constructions.
dc.format.extent	11 pages
dc.identifier.issn	1836-6821
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10524/52480
dc.subject	Tibeto-Burman
dc.subject	Konyak
dc.subject	Chen (Kyan)
dc.subject.languagecode	nqq
dc.title	A First Look at Chen (Konyak) Argument and Clause Structures
dc.type	Data paper
dc.type.dcmi	Text
prism.endingpage	xi
prism.number	1
prism.publicationname	Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society
prism.startingpage	i
prism.volume	14

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