A Study of Tenselessness in Rengma (Western)

Languages

Monali Longmailai¹ 

[1] Centre for Endangered Languages, Tezpur University, Tezpur-784028 Assam, India;

关键词: tense;    aspect;    mood;    rengma;   

DOI  :  10.3390/languages4040089

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Rengma is a Tibeto−Burman language from the Naga group (Angami−Pochuri) spoken in Northeast India. The paper is one of the first attempts in documenting the Western Rengma language, a variety of Rengma found in Karbi Anglong district, Assam. It makes attempts to study the tense, aspect and mood features present in Western Rengma in comparison to related neighbouring Tibeto-Burman (TB) languages such as Angami and Sema and thereby, seek to identify the aspect of tenselessness in this language. The study further examines the serial verb construction (SVC) as pivotal in determining time in relation to tense−aspect−mood (TAM). Throughout the paper, we observe the semantic-pragmatic features to probe the verbal features and later validate if time in Rengma is a genetic or an areal feature.

【 授权许可】

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