Affiliation:
1. The University of Sydney
Abstract
Abstract
Kurtöp (Tibeto-Burman; Bhutan) has a rich set of finite verbal suffixes which encode evidentiality, mirativity,
and egophoricity. This article examines the origins of these suffixes in a typological context, showing how many of them have
developed via recent grammaticalizations. Synchronic processes of nominalization and clause-chaining have provided the ideal syntactic
contexts for these grammaticalizations to take place. Many of the grammaticalization pathways found here are shown to be
typologically common, such as ‘give’ becoming an applicative. We find one suffix, the egophoric, which is an obvious
borrowing. Based on the data presented here, this article puts forth the tentative hypothesis that due to principles of iconicity,
miratives will tend to be recent grammaticalizations. Similarly, the fact that the Kurtöp egophoric has been borrowed is also,
arguably, iconic.
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Subject
Linguistics and Language,Communication,Language and Linguistics
Cited by
2 articles.
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