Centre de Recherches Linguistiques sur l'Asie Orientale

List of John Benjamins publications that have an author or editor affiliated with Centre de Recherches Linguistiques sur l'Asie Orientale*

Title

Space in Languages: Linguistic Systems and Cognitive Categories

Edited by Maya Hickmann & Stéphane Robert

Subjects Cognition and language | Semantics | Typology

[Typological Studies in Language, 66] 2006. x, 362 pp. | course book

Chirkova, Katia 2025 Pitch, vowel duration, and phonation in Baima and neighboring languages

Keywords: tonogenesis | phonation contrasts | tense/lax vowel contrast | Baima | Tibetic languages

Language and Linguistics 26:2 pp. 224–261 | article | open access

Jacques, Guillaume, Christopher D. Buckley & Shang Li 2025 Weaving and loom terminology in Japhug

Keywords: Japhug | weaving | spinning | language documentation | loom | warp frame | spindle

Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 48:1 pp. 42–59 | article

Lena, Ludovica 2024 Negative existentials and presentationals in Chinese: A parallel corpus investigation

Keywords: negative existentials | indefinite pronoun | translation strategies | counterexpectation | Chinese/English

Languages in Contrast 24:2 pp. 226–247 | article

Chappell, Hilary 2023 From oblique to core case in the Southern Min languages: The role of topic in the emergence of optional object marking in Sinitic

Keywords: optional object marking | Southern Min | Sinitic | case | topicalization | topic continuity | direct object index

Journal of Historical Linguistics 14:1 p. 66 | article

Sarda, Laure & Ludovica Lena 2023 Existential constructions: In search of a definition

In: Existential Constructions across Languages: Forms, meanings and functions, Sarda, Laure & Ludovica Lena (eds.) [Human Cognitive Processing: Cognitive Foundations of Language Structure and Use, 76] pp. 1–32

Lena, Ludovica 2023 Partition and existence: The case of you ren ‘there’s someone, there are people’ in Chinese

Keywords: bare noun | biclausal construction | coercion | coda | genericity | spoken data

In: Existential Constructions across Languages: Forms, meanings and functions, Sarda, Laure & Ludovica Lena (eds.) [Human Cognitive Processing: Cognitive Foundations of Language Structure and Use, 76] pp. 245–282

Jacques, Guillaume & Aimée Lahaussois 2023 Elevational deixis in the Kiranti verb

Keywords: Kiranti | elevational deixis | motion verbs | Thulung | Khaling | Belhare | Bantawa | case marking

Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 46:1 p. 6 | article

Jacques, Guillaume 2023 Simulative derivations in crosslinguistic perspective and their diachronic sources

Keywords: simulative | pretence | causative | reflexive | incorporation | denominal verbalization

Studies in Language 47:4 pp. 957–988 | article

Beaudouin, Mathieu 2023 Tangut and Horpa languages: Some shared morphosyntactic features

Keywords: Tangut | Horpa and West Gyalrongic languages | orientation/tame preverbs | agreement history | locative cases

Language and Linguistics 24:4 pp. 611–673 | article | open access

Chirkova, Katia & Skalbzang Tshering 2023 Verb stem alternations in Pingwu Baima

Keywords: verb stem alternation | verb morphology | Old Tibetan | Written Tibetan | Baima | Tibetic languages | Tibeto-Burman | language contact

Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 46:2 pp. 165–200 | article

Paul, Waltraud 2022 SVCs in disguise: The so-called “directional verb compounds” in Mandarin Chinese

In: New Horizons in Chinese Syntax, Simpson, Andrew (ed.) [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 272] pp. 133–162

Chirkova, Katia & Zev Handel 2022 Diachronic developments in fricative + nasal sequences: A Tibeto-Burman case study

Keywords: fricative-nasal sequences | nasal devoicing | voiceless nasal | epenthetic stop | Tibeto-Burman | Qiangic

Journal of Historical Linguistics 12:3 pp. 476–503 | article

Lamarre, Christine, Alice Vittrant, Anetta Kopecka, Sylvie Voisin, Noellie Bon, Benjamin Fagard, Colette Grinevald, Claire Moyse-Faurie, Annie Risler, Jin-Ke Song, Adeline Tan & Clément Voirin 2022 Deictic directionals revisited in the light of advances in typology

Keywords: Atlantic languages | Burmese | Japanese | Mandarin | deictic orientation | motion-prior/subsequent-to-action

In: Neglected Aspects of Motion Events Description: Deixis, asymmetries, constructions, Sarda, Laure & Benjamin Fagard (eds.) [Human Cognitive Processing: Cognitive Foundations of Language Structure and Use, 72] pp. 69–94

Beaudouin, Mathieu 2022 Tangut verb agreement: Optional or not?

Keywords: Tangut | verb agreement | dependency | clause chaining

Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 45:1 p. 93 | article

Jacques, Guillaume 2021 Review of The Historical Phonology of Tibetan, Burmese, and Chinese by Nathan W. Hill (2019)

Journal of Historical Linguistics 11:1 pp. 143–158 | book review

Jacques, Guillaume 2021 Antipassive derivations in Sino-Tibetan/Trans-Himalayan and their sources

Keywords: antipassive | denominal verbs | nominalization | grammaticalization | middle voice | incorporation | Gyalrongic | Kiranti | West-Himalayish | Old Chinese | Dulong-Rawang

In: Antipassive: Typology, diachrony, and related constructions, Janic, Katarzyna & Alena Witzlack-Makarevich (eds.) [Typological Studies in Language, 130] pp. 427–446

Dao, Huy Linh 2021 Vietnamese expletive between grammatical subject and subjectivity marker: Nó at the syntax-pragmatics (discourse) interface

Keywords: ego-evidentiality | optional expletive subject | subjectivity marker | Vietnamese | syntax-pragmatics (discourse) interface

In: Studies at the Grammar-Discourse Interface: Discourse markers and discourse-related grammatical phenomena, Haselow, Alexander & Sylvie Hancil (eds.) [Studies in Language Companion Series, 219] pp. 195–228

Djamouri, Redouane & Waltraud Paul 2021 Clitic pronouns in Archaic Chinese

Keywords: Archaic Chinese | syntax | ban on preposition stranding | orphan preposition | applicative | 以 yǐ

Journal of Historical Linguistics 11:1 p. 60 | article

Gong, Xun 2020 Uvulars and uvularization in Tangut phonology

Keywords: Tangut | Qiangic languages | uvularization | Guttural Secondary Vowel Articulation

Language and Linguistics 21:2 pp. 175–212 | article | open access

Xu, Dan 2020 From topic marker to case marker: A case of case formation in Gansu-Qinghai linguistic area

Keywords: accusative/dative | topic | syncretic case | non-Han languages

Asian Languages and Linguistics 1:2 pp. 278–308 | article

Jacques, Guillaume & Thomas Pellard 2020 Phylogenies based on lexical innovations refute the Rung hypothesis

Keywords: Sino-Tibetan | Trans-Himalayan | phylogeny | Rung | Rgyalrongic | Kiranti | lexical innovations | person indexation

Diachronica 38:1 pp. 1–24 | article

Lefort, Julie 2020 On the reflexive-possessive markers in the Dongxiang language

Keywords: Dongxiang | reflexive markers | calque | Linxia | linguistic innovation

Language and Linguistics 21:4 pp. 584–603 | article | open access

Min Rao, Yang Gao & Jesse P. Gates 2020 Relativization in Guiqiong

Keywords: Guiqiong | relativization | head internal relative | double headed relative | nominalization | strategy of relativization | syntactic pivot

Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 42:2 pp. 260–279 | article

Jacques, Guillaume & Johann-Mattis List 2019 Save the trees: Why we need tree models in linguistic reconstruction (and when we should apply them)

Keywords: tree model | Historical Glottometry | phylogenetic networks | incomplete lineage sorting

Journal of Historical Linguistics 9:1 pp. 128–167 | article

Djamouri, Redouane & Waltraud Paul 2019 Disharmony in harmony with diachronic stability: The case of Chinese

In: The determinants of diachronic stability, Breitbarth, Anne, Miriam Bouzouita, Lieven Danckaert & Melissa Farasyn (eds.) [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 254] pp. 101–130

Jacques, Guillaume 2019 Egophoric marking and person indexation in Japhug

Keywords: Egophoric | Factual | Sensory | mirative | Hybrid Indirect Speech | conjunct/disjunct | person indexation

Language and Linguistics 20:4 pp. 515–534 | article | open access

Jacques, Guillaume 2019 Bipartite verbs in Japhug and other Trans-Himalayan languages

Keywords: bipartite verbs | complex predicates Serial verb constructions | person indexation | Japhug | Khaling | Rawang | Bantawa | Kiranti

Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 41:2 pp. 175–191 | article

Zhang Shuya 2019 Stem alternations in the Brag-bar dialect of Situ Rgyalrong

Keywords: Brag-bar | stem alternation | stem I′ | stem II′ | vowel alternation

Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 41:2 pp. 294–330 | article

Lü, Shanshan 2018 Two locative constructions in Caijia from the typological perspective of Asian languages

Keywords: basic locative construction | locative verb | positional verbs | localizers | Caijia | Sinitic

Studies in Language 42:3 pp. 600–640 | article

Gates, Jesse P. & Won Ho Kim 2019 Vowel harmony in Stau

Keywords: vowel harmony | vowel pairs | regressive | blocking | semantically-heavy first syllables | phonotactic constraints | status constructus | Stau | Rgyalrongic

Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 41:2 pp. 263–293 | article

Jacques, Guillaume & José Andrés Alonso de la Fuente 2018 Associated motion in Manchu in typological perspective

Keywords: associated motion | Tungusic | Manchu | motion verbs | andative | venitive | translocative | cislocative | grammaticalization

Language and Linguistics 19:4 pp. 501–524 | article | open access

Dao, Huy Linh & Danh Thành Do-Hurinville 2017 Préposition, coordonnant, connecteur discursif: Étude des marqueurs transcatégoriels của et với en vietnamien contemporain

Keywords: Transcatégorialité | structure sémantique | portée | relations syntaxiques | relations figure/fond | Transcategoriality | semantic structure | scope | relations of location | figure/ground relations

In: Mots de liaison et d’intégration: Prépositions, conjonctions et connecteurs, Ponchon, Thierry, Hava Bat-Zeev Shyldkrot & Annie Bertin (eds.) [Lingvisticæ Investigationes Supplementa, 34] pp. 215–238

Blin, Raoul 2018 Résolution de l’ambiguïté sémantique des noms propres par utilisation des croyances sur les connaissances d’autrui – application au prénom

Keywords: Résolution d’ambiguïté | nom propre | théorie de l’esprit | modèle formel | Ambiguity resolution | proper noun | theory of mind | formal model

Lingvisticæ Investigationes 40:2 pp. 200–227 | article

Chirkova, Katia & Wang Dehe 2017 甘洛爾蘇話動詞的體貌範疇 [Verbal aspect in Ganluo Ersu]

Keywords: 藏緬語族 | 羌語支南支 | 爾蘇語 | 體範疇 | 示證範疇 | Tibeto-Burman | southern Qiangic | Ersu | aspect | evidentiality

Language and Linguistics 18:3 pp. 355–382 | article | open access

Chirkova, Katia 2014 The Duoxu Language and the Ersu-Lizu-Duoxu relationship

Keywords: Duoxu | phonetic variation | phonology | phonetics | Southwestern Mandarin | language contact | language attrition | Lizu | Ersu

Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 37:1 pp. 104–146 | article

Jacques, Guillaume & Alexis Michaud 2011 Approaching the historical phonology of three highly eroded Sino-Tibetan languages: Naxi, Na and Laze

Keywords: consonantal conditioning of vowels | syllable structure | phonological erosion | Naxi | Sino-Tibetan | Laze | Na

Diachronica 28:4 pp. 468–498 | article

*Please note that this list may be inaccurate for older publications.