JINGPHO
SUMMARY
Sentence-final particles in Jingpho show the agreement features of the main predicate. In present-day Jingpho, possessors of subjects can control agreement in person and number on these particles rather than the possessed subjects itself. Evidence for the internal nature of the possessors comes in part from their adnominal genitive case. Possessors need not be overt to control predicate agreement.
LANGUAGE PROFILE
ISO 639-3:
kac
WALS ID:
jng
LOCATION:
Yunnan, China
CO-ORDINATES:
25°42'N, 97°E
AFFILIATION:
Sino-Tibetan, Jingpho
EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF PIPS
- Possessors of objects can control agreement expressed by sentence-final particles.
KEY SOURCES
Zu, Xin. 2011. An investigation of the structure of CP and DP in Jingpo. MA thesis, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
