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Investigation of the Types of the Tetra-syllabic Words of Tibeto-Burman Languages in Northwest Yunnan

  

  1. College of Foreign Languages, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan 671003, China
  • Received:2014-05-04 Online:2014-09-15 Published:2014-09-15

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Abstract:

Tibeto-Burman languages are typically rich with tetra-syllabic words in common, which is different from the duplication
word formation of Chinese four- character idiom. Tetra- syllabic words can be easily found in oral culture activities and daily conversations. From the perspective of typology, the paper intends to analyze the tetra-syllabic words of Tibeto-Burman languages of several ethnic groups inhabiting in northwest Yunnan, and sum up the types of construction and semantic features of tetra-syllabic words.

Key words: Tibeto-Burman languages, tetra-syllabic words, typology

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