Case markers and language contact in the Gansu-Qinghai lingu


正题名:Case markers and language contact in the Gansu-Qinghai linguistic area
作者:周晨磊
刊物:Asian Languages and Linguistics, 2020年第1卷第1期。
提要:This paper examines the forms and usage of case markers in the Gan-Qing dialects and in the Amdo Tibetan and Altaic languages in the Gansu- Qinghai linguistic area (GQLA), including datives, accusatives, absolutives, comitatives, instrumentals, ablatives, locatives, genitives, comparatives and reflexive possessives. We come to two conclusions: (1) most markers in Gan- Qing dialects are widely distributed, but some are narrowly distributed and (2) case markers in Gan-Qing dialects are overwhelmingly from the Chinese inventory rather than direct copies from Amdo Tibetan or Altaic languages. These findings enable us to shed light on the situation of language contact in the GQLA and illustrate that there are two major strata of contact in the GQLA.