The historical development of inverse marking in Khroskyabs: evidence from two modern varieties: Siyuewu and Wobzi

Yunfan Lai (1)

1 MPI-SHH - Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History

This paper describes the inverse marking systems of two closely related Khroskyabs varieties, Siyuewu and Wobzi, and hypothesises the historical development of the Khroskyabs inverse marking system. I propose that a hypothetical prefix, *Cə-, which is probably related to the second person markers attested in many Trans-Himalayan languages, existed in Proto-Khroskyabs, and that it has different reflexes in the two modern Khroskyabs varieties.

Mots clés: Khroskyabs; Rgyalrongic; argument indexation; inverse marking; second person prefix

Domaines: Linguistique

Yunfan Lai. The historical development of inverse marking in Khroskyabs: evidence from two modern varieties: Siyuewu and Wobzi. 2019. ⟨halshs-02266342⟩