The Historical Development of the Causative Category in Tibeto-Burmese Languages
藏缅语族语言使动范畴的历史演变
Qingxia Dai 戴庆厦

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The paper is a preliminary exploration of the historical development of the causative category on the basis of a comparison of more than 20 Tibeto-Burman languages. The methodology adopted is one of the comprehensive comparison between phonetic forms and semantic content and of the analysis of the language system (structural system and kinship language system). We conclude that the causative category is one of the oldest and most general grammatical categories of Tibeto- Burman languages and its historical development is constrained by prosodic, semantic and functional factors.

使动范畴是藏缅语族语言(以下简称藏缅语)的一个具有普遍性的共同特征。从已有的研究成果看,这个特征有可能追溯到原始藏缅语共同阶段,而且还有可能与古代汉语的使动范畴挂钩。弄清藏缅语使动范畴的现状及其历史演变,是藏缅语动词研究的重要组成部分,也是汉藏语历史比较语法研究所不可缺少的。藏缅语的使动范畴是如何演变的,不同语法形式的先后次序如何?其演变所依靠的条件是什么?不同语言的演变规律有何不同?这些都是藏缅语使动范畴研究必须解决的问题。本文运用语音形式和语义内容综合比较的方法,以及语言系统(结构系统和亲属语言系统)的分析方法,在对20多种藏缅语比较的基础上,对使动范畴的历史演变进行初步探索。

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