論嘉絨語支與基蘭提語支的人稱範疇

Agreement Morphology: The Case of Rgyalrongic and Kiranti

原始漢藏語人稱範疇的存在與否一直是學術界爭論不休的一個問題。由於漢藏語系語言的多樣性非常豐富，而且語言之間的語音對應關係研究的不夠深入，所以至今無法成功地進行跨語支人稱範疇的比較，也無法解答這個問題。本文重點討論漢藏語系的兩個語支：嘉絨語支和基蘭提語支。這兩個語支的語言雖然在歷史上從來沒有過任何接觸關係，但是在動詞結構和句法類型學上（特別是人稱範疇）有著許多共同的特徵。本文旨在判斷這些共同點到底是巧合、平行發展的結果還是原始語遺留下來的存古特徵。

The question of whether verbal agreement should be reconstructed to proto- Sino-Tibetan is a very controversial issue. The bewildering diversity of this family and our poor knowledge of sound laws make comparisons across sub-branches difficult. This paper focuses on only two subgroups of the Sino-Tibetan family: Rgyalrongic and Kiranti. These two groups, although they have never been in contact, present striking similarities in their verbal morphology. The aim of this paper to is determine how much of this common morphology cannot be explained away as chance or parallel development, and must be reconstructed to their common ancestor.