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Article: Proto-Tai reconstruction of 'maternal grandmother' revisited: *na:jA, *ta:jA or * ta:jB?
Title | Proto-Tai reconstruction of 'maternal grandmother' revisited: *na:jA, *ta:jA or * ta:jB? 再論「外婆」一詞的原始台語構擬:*na:jA、*ta:jA 還是 *ta:jB? |
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Keywords | analogy phonological contamination Proto-Tai reconstruction taboo avoidance |
Issue Date | 2017 |
Publisher | Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica. The Journal's web site is located at http://benjamins.com/catalog/lali |
Citation | Language and linguistics, 2017, v. 18 n. 1, p. 116-140 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The word ‘maternal grandmother’ presents irregular modern forms in Tai languages. It is ta:jB1 in most Northern Tai (NT) varieties, ta:jA1 in most Central Tai (CT) varieties, na:jA2 in most Southwestern Tai (SWT) varieties, and ja:jA2 in Standard Thai. Li ( 1971 ) reconstructs the proto-form of this word as *na:jA , positing that the later forms changed by analogy with semantically similar words. This paper discusses two alternative hypotheses *ta:jA and *ta:jB , and argues that the proto-form was *ta:jB . The analysis indicates that the sound changes of this word in Tai languages are caused by the “contamination” in kinship terms with paired semantic contents in CT/SWT, and by dissimilation from the otherwise homophonous word ‘to die’ in SWT. As a result, the proto-form of ‘maternal grandmother’ *ta:jB is preserved in the vast majority of NT and a cluster of CT. In most CT/SWT the original *B tone changed to *A tone, and then in SWT the initial *t- underwent further change to *n- in order to avoid homophony with the taboo word ‘to die’. This issue of homophony arose only in this branch due to the merger of *t- and *tr- (or *p.t-). This proto-form *ta:jB is supported by historical evidence and other non-Tai languages in the Daic family. Other exceptional irregularities in some CT languages are also discussed as they are crucial to the determination of the *ta:jB hypothesis. Analogous examples from several Tai varieties also support the occurrence of aberrant development due to taboo avoidance. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/248788 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 0.2 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.200 |
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dc.contributor.author | LIAO, H | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-10-18T08:48:34Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-10-18T08:48:34Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Language and linguistics, 2017, v. 18 n. 1, p. 116-140 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1606-822X | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/248788 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The word ‘maternal grandmother’ presents irregular modern forms in Tai languages. It is ta:jB1 in most Northern Tai (NT) varieties, ta:jA1 in most Central Tai (CT) varieties, na:jA2 in most Southwestern Tai (SWT) varieties, and ja:jA2 in Standard Thai. Li ( 1971 ) reconstructs the proto-form of this word as *na:jA , positing that the later forms changed by analogy with semantically similar words. This paper discusses two alternative hypotheses *ta:jA and *ta:jB , and argues that the proto-form was *ta:jB . The analysis indicates that the sound changes of this word in Tai languages are caused by the “contamination” in kinship terms with paired semantic contents in CT/SWT, and by dissimilation from the otherwise homophonous word ‘to die’ in SWT. As a result, the proto-form of ‘maternal grandmother’ *ta:jB is preserved in the vast majority of NT and a cluster of CT. In most CT/SWT the original *B tone changed to *A tone, and then in SWT the initial *t- underwent further change to *n- in order to avoid homophony with the taboo word ‘to die’. This issue of homophony arose only in this branch due to the merger of *t- and *tr- (or *p.t-). This proto-form *ta:jB is supported by historical evidence and other non-Tai languages in the Daic family. Other exceptional irregularities in some CT languages are also discussed as they are crucial to the determination of the *ta:jB hypothesis. Analogous examples from several Tai varieties also support the occurrence of aberrant development due to taboo avoidance. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica. The Journal's web site is located at http://benjamins.com/catalog/lali | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Language and linguistics | - |
dc.rights | Language and Linguistics. Copyright © John Benjamins Publishing Company. | - |
dc.rights | Readers of post-print must contact John Benjamins Publishing for further reprinting or re-use | - |
dc.subject | analogy | - |
dc.subject | phonological contamination | - |
dc.subject | Proto-Tai | - |
dc.subject | reconstruction | - |
dc.subject | taboo avoidance | - |
dc.title | Proto-Tai reconstruction of 'maternal grandmother' revisited: *na:jA, *ta:jA or * ta:jB? | - |
dc.title | 再論「外婆」一詞的原始台語構擬:*na:jA、*ta:jA 還是 *ta:jB? | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1075/lali.18.1.04lia | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85009471196 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 281681 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 18 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 116 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 140 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000395613600004 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Taibei Shi, Taiwan | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1606-822X | - |