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Tibetan Languages and Linguistics (2018) Title Cover, Table of Contents Author(s) Proceedings of the 51st International Conference on Sino- Citation Tibetan Languages and Linguistics (2018) Issue Date 2018-09 URL http://hdl.handle.net/2433/235257 Right Type Others Textversion author Kyoto University Proceedings of the 51st International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics 第 51 回国際漢蔵語学会実行委員会編 2018 第 51 回国際漢蔵語学会は、「第51 回 国 際 漢 蔵 語 学 会 実 行 委 員 会 」が 主 催 し 、京 都 大 学 白眉センターが共催しています。また、開催にあたり以下の助成をうけました。しるして 感謝いたします。 • 公益財団法人 鹿島学術振興財団 「2018 年度国際学術交流援助（国際研究集会援助） 」 • 公益財団法人 京都大学教育研究振興財団 「2018 年度国際会議開催助成」 • 公益財団法人 京都文化交流コンベンションビューロー 「2018 年度小規模 MICE 開催支援助成金」 「2018 年度京都らしい MICE 開催支援補助制度」 Table of Contents Note “#” stands for papers for which the prior permission is required from the author(s) to cite; “*” stands for not submitted papers. 1 Plenary talks 1. Morphosemantics of the Proto-Tibeto-Burman *a- prefix: glottal and nasal complica- tions (with an Appendix offering analogies with the English preformative a-) . Matisoff, James A. [1–14 (Handout); 15–55 (Paper); (Appendix: without page number)] 2. Identifying Tibetic Subgroups: A Case in Khrochu (Sichuan) . Sun, Jackson T. -S. [Not submitted] 3. The fate of Sino-Tibetan languages in Myanmar in the digital age [Tentative] . Watkins, Justin [Not submitted] 2 List of papers 4. Vitality Assessment of a Sino-Tibetan Language Based on the State of Art Field Report in Pumi Community of Yunnan, China . An, Jing [56–60] 5. #Once again, on the “dual” suffix of Tangut . .Arakawa, Shintaro [61–67] 6. Phonetic Features and Genetic Position of Cosao . Bai, Bibo and Xu Xianming [68–91] 7. Removing Indo-Aryan bias from the phonological description of Bodo . Basumatary, Prafulla and Jonathan Evans [92–106] 8. Reported Speech in Lisu and Burmic . .Bradley, David [107–121] 9. Morphophonemic processes of words borrowed from Indo-Aryan languages to Bodo . Brahma, Bihung [122–129] 10. The Equative Construction in Lalo Yi . Bu Weimei [130–140] 11. Southern Pinghua: phonology and phonological diversity i . Cao, Xiaolan [141–162] 12. The temporal reference of aspectually unmarked bare accomplishment ba-sentences in Taiwanese Mandarin . Chang, Ying-Ju [163–170] 13. On the initial assimilation in the Xianyou dialect of Chinese . Chen, Hong [171–183] 14. #South Asian perspectives on the relative-correlative construction . Coupe, Alexander [184–195] 15. Study on classifiers in Darmdo Minyag . .Dawa Drolma [196–205] 16. Grammaticalization of the take-verb si21 in Nuosu in Sichuan, China . Ding, Hongdi [206–219] 17. Word Formation and Morphological Processes in Lakkja . Fan, Wenjia [220–244] 18. #Verbal suffixes /-o/ and /-kha/ in Kokborok . Ghagra, Anukampa and Jonathan Evans [245–250] 19. The Qayn theory of Grade II in Middle Chinese . Gong, Xun [251–255] 20. #Verb for ‘to butcher, to kill’ from ‘flesh’ — an attempt in Burmo-Qiangic dialectol- ogy . Gong, Xun [256–260] 21. A Phonological Sketch of Akha Chicho — A Lolo-Burmese language of Luang Namtha, Laos — . .Hayashi, Norihiko [261–276] 22. Floating Tone of Pianding Dialect of Naxi . He, Likun and Liu Yan [277–296] 23. #On the semantic extension of the existential/possessive negator mau33tæ21 有得 in Rucheng (Sinitic) . He, Lisha and Shanshan Lu¨ [297–333] 24. Towards a computer-assisted reconstruction of Proto-Burmish . .Hill, Nathan and Johann-Mattis List [334–341] 25. Preliminary report on Tichyurong Tibetan (Dolpa, Nepal) . Honda, Isao [342–347] ii 26. Multifunctionality of the Demonstrative Enclitic in nDrapa . Huang, Yang [348–356] 27. *Nominalization and Relativization in Kurtop¨ . Hyslop, Gwendolyn [Not submitted] 28. #Attempt to identify the origin of Ms. CHI. YI. 26 [Ms. CHI. 80] of Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire des Langues Orientales, Paris . Iwasa, Kazue [357–387] 29. The Anticausative in Pwo Karen . Kato, Atsuhiko [388–398] 30. An interim field report of Suma and Mlabri: Two endangered languages of Laos . .Kato, Takashi [399–403] 31. #On the functions of quotative constructions in Tibeto-Burman: A case study of Mon- sang . Konnerth, Linda [404–408] 32. The small closed adjective class in Jinghpaw . .Kurabe, Keita [409–419] 33. #Cantonese Equative Constructions in Typological Perspective . Lai, Yik-Po [420–459] 34. Rethinking the orientational prefixes in Rgyalrongic languages: The case of Siyuewu Khroskyabs . .Lai, Yunfan, Wu Mei-Shin and Johann-Mattis List [460–469] 35. #Numeral Classifier and Word Order in Dimasa and Bodo-Garo . Langthasa, Dhrubajit and Jonathan Evans [470–480] 36. A preliminary study of aspect markers in Meiba Bai: the case of perfective and resul- tative . Li, Xuan [481–506] 37. Measuring the scalar property of predicates: the intensifier xã13 in Zauzou . Li, Yu [507–514] 38. The Competition between Contour and Register Correspondence in Music-to- Language Perception: Evidence from Mandarin Child Songs . Ling, Wang-Chen [515–524] 39. Verbal aspects and verbal classifier structures in Hui Chinese . Liu, Boyang [525–565] iii 40. The syntax of relative clauses in Lalo Yi . Liu, Hongyong and Bu Weimei [566–587] 41. *Some Sino-Tai Words in Chuci: Semantic Retention or Substratum Effects? . Luo, Yongxian [Not submitted] 42. Motion Expressions in Kathmandu Newar: Distinctive coding of deixis and path . Matsuse, Ikuko [588–619] 43. ‘Give’ serial verb constructions in Zauzou : beyond benefactive and malefactive . Miyagishi, Tetsuya [620–625] 44. A new study of the Kubyaukgyi (Myazedi) inscription . Miyake, Marc [626–710] 45. *The relationship between nominalization, focus and egophoricity in Milang . .Modi, Yankee [Not submitted] 46. Two Comparative Forms in Vaiphei . .Murakami, Takenori [711–722] 47. Favorlang songs transcribed in Southern-Hokkien: Decipherment . Ochiai, Izumi [723–734] 48. The structure of verb complexes in Asho Chin . Otsuka, Kosei [735–749] 49. Tracing the sources of “focus” particles in two TB/T-H languages . Ozerov, Pavel [750–787] 50. On the syncretism of tau55 到 ‘arrive’ and its pathway of grammaticalization in the Pingjiang dialect (Sinitic) . Peng, Daxingwang [788–836] 51. Kuki-Chin utterance-final particles . Peterson, David [837–846] 52. *On the distribution, reconstruction and varied fates of topographical deixis in Tibeto- Burman . Post, Mark [Not submitted] 53. *Not quite “Middle”: Subject autonomy marking in Tibeto-Burman . Post, Mark and Yankee Modi [Not submitted] 54. *Comparing a few grammatical aspects of Northern Burmish languages . .Sawada, Hideo [Not submitted] iv 55. #The emergence of /ViN/ rhymes in Northern Min Chinese . ..
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