Katia Chirkova
List of John Benjamins publications for which Katia Chirkova plays a role.
Journals
ISSN 0731-3500 | E-ISSN 2214-5907
Verb stem alternations in Pingwu Baima Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 46:2, pp. 165–200 | Article
2023 This paper focuses on stem alternations in Pingwu Baima (Tibetic). It examines a larger corpus of data than the corpora in previous works and systematically relates alternating verbs to classical WT paradigms. Our data reveal a relatively high number of alternating verbs in Baima, with verbs… read more
Diachronic developments in fricative + nasal sequences: A Tibeto-Burman case study Journal of Historical Linguistics 12:3, pp. 476–503 | Article
2022 Through comparison of regular sound correspondences in three closely related Tibeto-Burman (TB) languages, Ersu, Lizu, and Duoxu (collectively “ELD”), informed by external comparison with other TB languages and recent phonetic analyses of the production of voiceless nasals, we reconstruct… read more
甘洛爾蘇話動詞的體貌範疇 [Verbal aspect in Ganluo Ersu] Language and Linguistics 18:3, pp. 355–382 | Article
2017 本文通過語法問卷和長篇語料收集到的材料,以甘洛縣則拉鄉爾蘇話為例,對爾蘇語體貌系統的主要表達手段及其之間的關係進行了探討。本文確定了爾蘇語體系統的核心部分(即完整體與非完整體的對立)以詞彙和派生手段(動詞和動詞前綴)構成。本文指出爾蘇語較次要體的類型(如經驗體等)依靠語法形式手段(體貌標記)表達。本文發現爾蘇語大多數體標記兼表體與示證的意義。最後,本文分別介紹了體貌系統的主要表達手段和相關語料依據。
read moreThe Duoxu Language and the Ersu-Lizu-Duoxu relationship Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 37:1, pp. 104–146 | Article
2014 Duoxu is a terminally endangered and virtually undescribed Tibeto-Burman language, spoken in the historically multi-ethnic and multi-lingual Miǎnníng county of Sìchuān province in the People’s Republic of China. Until recently, Duoxu was known only through a 740-word vocabulary list in the… read more
Pitch, vowel duration, and phonation in Baima and neighboring languages Language and Linguistics: Online-First Articles | Article
This paper focuses on tonal development in Baima, a little-studied Tibetic (Tibeto-Burman) language of China. Based on newly collected data and an updated phonological analysis, it addresses the phonetic and chronological challenges posited by the previous analysis of tonal developments in Baima… read more