Hanbo Liao

List of John Benjamins publications for which Hanbo Liao plays a role.

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Liao, Hanbo 2017 Proto‑Tai reconstruction of ‘maternal grandmother’ revisited: * na:jA , * ta:jA or * ta:jB ? Language and Linguistics 18:1, pp. 116–140 | Article
The word ‘maternal grandmother’ presents irregular modern forms in Tai languages. It is ta:jB1 in most Northern Tai (NT) varieties, ta:jA1 in most Central Tai (CT) varieties, na:jA2 in most Southwestern Tai (SWT) varieties, and ja:jA2 in Standard Thai. Li (1971) reconstructs the proto-form… read more