Tonal alternations in the Pumi verbal system

Guillaume Jacques (1)

1 CRLAO - Centre de Recherches Linguistiques sur l'Asie Orientale

This paper presents two hitherto unnoticed sets of alternations in the tonal systems of Northern Pumi. First, in some verbs, rising tone in the citation form alternates with falling tone in the perfective. Second, the verb "to go", when combined with other verbs, presents tonal alternations which are not found elsewhere in the verbal system. A sample text is added in the appendix to illustrate the tonal phenomena discussed in the article.

Mots clés: Pumi; Tonal alternation; Directional prefixes

Domaines: Linguistique

Guillaume Jacques. Tonal alternations in the Pumi verbal system. Language and Linguistics, 2011, 12 (2), pp.359-392. ⟨halshs-00605901⟩