François Jacquesson
List of John Benjamins publications for which François Jacquesson plays a role.
Articles
2017 The linguistic reconstruction of the past: The case of the Boro-Garo languages Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 40:1, pp. 90–122 | Translation
I will first describe (1) the linguistic situation in modern-day Assam (Northeast India) and the historical hypotheses that might explain it. These hypotheses are subjected to criticism. Next, I will analyse (2) in detail, the phonological concordances in the Tibeto-Burman languages and dialects… read more
2009 East meets West: The Assam corridor Becoming Eloquent: Advances in the emergence of language, human cognition, and modern cultures, d'Errico, Francesco and Jean-Marie Hombert (eds.), pp. 147–162 | Article
The paper describes the ethnic and linguistic situation in North-East India, a corridor between highland Tibet and lowland Bangladesh, with currently more than 100 languages. The paper pictures the mosaic of languages and the logic of contacts in the region. read more