langai、mi与景颇语数名结构再析

Reanalysis on langai,mi and Numeral Noun Phrase Structure of Jingpo

文章从景颇语的基数词langai和无定指涉标记mi的功能及结构特征出发,讨论由此带出的一系列形态—句法的特质,进而探索处于语言结构演变过程中的景颇语,如何构建其数名结构。

This paper starts with an examination of the functional and structural properties of the cardinal number langai and the indefinite marker mi in Jingpo. On the basis of an array of morpho syntactic features associated with these morphemes, it explores how the numeral noun phrase structure is formed in Jingpo, a language which is undergoing a process of syntactic changes.