Yi-language department of Xichang College;Yi-language department of Xichang College
Vol.2 No.1 (Serial No.2) 2008
127-133
2008-10-01
There is a special grammar phenomena in Liangshan Yi such that grammartical relations can be changed through tone change. When personal pronouns combine with verbs, from the view of personal pronouns, the sentences are in SV pattern if personal pronouns are mid-level tones, while the sentences are in OV pattern when personal pronouns are sub-high tones. From the view of verbs, the sentences are in SV pattern if verbs are low-falling tones while the sentences are in OV pattern when verbs are sub-high tones. This paper discusses how case relations can be marked with grammatical tone in the Yi language.
Liangshan Yi, tone change, personal pronoun, verb, grammartical relation
doi:10.26478/ja2008.2.2.7
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