The Trending and Non-trending Meanings of the Directional Prefixes in Yangliuqiang Language
Directional category is one of the special grammatical categories of Qiang and other Qiangic branches.Eight prefixes,tə-,fiə-,(η)i-,sə-,ku-,ha-,zə-and də-in Yangliuqiang of Maoxian County in Sichuan Province express eight different directions.They are also used with verbs and arise in specific aspect and mood categories,which become prominent grammatical categories.Based on the survey of the usage of directional prefixes in Yangliuqiang language and 135 commonly used verbs,this paper expounds the grammatical meaning of directional and non-directional prefixes.
Qiangic branch languagesdirectional categorytense and aspectimperative mood
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