Shuya Zhang
List of John Benjamins publications in which Shuya Zhang is involved.
2025 西夏語趨向前綴與動詞的趨向可易性 [Tangut directional prefixes and verbal orientability] Language and Linguistics: Online-First Articles | Article
趨向前綴是西夏語被劃分為羌語支語言的重要依據之一。這些動詞前綴不僅傳達一定的空間意義，也是構成羌語支語言動詞時體式範疇的重要組成部分。西田龍雄注意到西夏語動詞與趨向前綴的搭配存在一定靈活性，但靈活程度似乎不及現代羌語支語言。這一現象至今尚未有系統研究。本文將現代嘉絨語支語法中動詞「趨向可易性」的概念引入西夏語趨向前綴與動詞搭配的研究，並通過梳理西夏語系列一趨向前綴的語義層次，區分西夏語動詞趨向可易性的三種情況，即明晰空間意義之交替、詞彙化彈性、時體範疇之交替。通過外部比較，本文將揭示西夏語與現代嘉絨語支的趨向前綴來自一個共同原始系統，並在此基礎上借助現代嘉絨語材料，進一 read more
2023 The history of the polyfunctional 𗗙 jij 1 in Tangut: How did the accusative/genitive syncretism come about? Studies in Language 47:3, pp. 643–682 | Article
This paper focuses on the history of a polyfunctional case marker 𗗙
jij1
in Tangut, an extinct Rgyalrongic language (Sino-Tibetan). This versatile case morpheme is a typological rarity of maximum syncretism among several abstract case functions, including differential object… read more
2018 Stem alternations in the Brag-bar dialect of Situ Rgyalrong Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 41:2, pp. 294–330 | Article
In Rgyalrongic studies, it is believed that the most complex stem alternation system is found in Zbu, a Northern Rgyalrong language, whereas other languages, including Situ, have simpler systems. However, as a dialect of Situ Rgyalrong, Brag-bar presents a complex stem alternation system… read more
Towards a new dialectology of Situ Gyalrong Language and Linguistics: Online-First Articles | Article
This article proposes a refined dialectological framework for Situ Gyalrong and pursues two primary objectives. First, by identifying shared innovations, it delimits the external boundaries of Situ within the Gyalrongic subgroup, thereby resolving debates about the affiliation of its northern… read more