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

dc.contributor.authorKonyak, Hoipo
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-03T18:37:31Z
dc.date.available2021-02-03T18:37:31Z
dc.date.issued2021-02-03
dc.description.abstractChen (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.extent11 pages
dc.identifier.issn1836-6821
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10524/52480
dc.subjectTibeto-Burman
dc.subjectKonyak
dc.subjectChen (Kyan)
dc.subject.languagecodenqq
dc.titleA First Look at Chen (Konyak) Argument and Clause Structures
dc.typeData paper
dc.type.dcmiText
prism.endingpagexi
prism.number1
prism.publicationnameJournal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society
prism.startingpagei
prism.volume14

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