Himalayan Linguistics, Vol. 7, 2007. — p. 1–19. — ISSN: 1544-7502 Although Kiranti languages generally show verb agreement with both arguments of a transitive verb, object agreement can also be suspended, resulting in the intransitive inflection of lexically transitive verbs. This paper analyzes suspended object agreement in Puma (Southern Kiranti). Suspended object agreement...
Journal of South Asian Languages and Linguistics. — 2015. — Vol. 2. Issue 1. — p. 63-86. Several Kiranti languages (Tibeto-Burman, Nepal) from different genealogical sub-groups show multiple parallel developments from antipassive constructions with generic, non-specific objects into agreement markers registering first person objects. The developments span a relatively...
Himalayan Linguistics, Vol. 10 (1), 2011. — p. 253–271. — ISSN: 1544-7502 This paper discusses the existence of phonological and lexical isoglosses in Tilung (Rai) and other Kiranti groups on the basis of the scanty materials available, which are some 140 words and other morphemes extracted from one article written by Sueyoshi Toba (2004) and a book written by Lal Rapaca...
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