Reduction in Burmese Compounds

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dc.contributor.authorBurgdorf, Dan Cameron
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-08T22:33:41Z
dc.date.available2020-05-08T22:33:41Z
dc.date.issued2020-05-08
dc.description.abstractBurmese is a sesquisyllabic language that allows major syllables to be reduced to minor syllables in certain circumstances. This occurs in many compounds, where the first word may reduce its final syllable. Previous descriptions of Burmese have relied on limited data and concluded that this reduction is unpredictable. This paper more thoroughly examines Burmese compounds, distinguishing different types and uncovering patterns in reduction. Reduction only occurs in a certain subset of nominal compounds, and is phonologically sensitive: with extremely few exceptions, only high and level tone syllables reduce, not creaky or checked tone.
dc.format.extent25 pages
dc.identifier.issn1836-6821
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10524/52465
dc.subjectBurmese, compounding, reduction
dc.subject.languagecodemya
dc.titleReduction in Burmese Compounds
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.dcmiText
prism.endingpage159
prism.number1
prism.publicationnameJournal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society
prism.startingpage129
prism.volume13

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