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Verbal Triplication Morphology in Stau (Mazi Dialect)
Author(s) -
Gates Jesse P.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
transactions of the philological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1467-968X
pISSN - 0079-1636
DOI - 10.1111/1467-968x.12083
Subject(s) - linguistics , iconicity , function (biology) , history , computer science , psychology , philosophy , biology , evolutionary biology
This paper presents the first documentation and analysis of a typologically remarkable process of verbal triplication in the Stau language (Sino‐Tibetan). Moreover, Stau's triplication of verbs to index multiple agents (S/A) is also used pragmatically to highlight those agents. Stau's verbal triplication, although unique in many regards, falls into a broader typological linguistic pattern of iconicity, demonstrating that there is often a strong tie between form and function.