The Tangkhul grammar of Shangshak village

356 Pages·2011·2.936 MB·English

by  Thokchom Lakhipriya Devi

THE M L GRAMMAR OF SHAN6SHAK VHiAGE
THESIS SUBMITTED TO MANIPUR UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL
FULFILMENT FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN LINGUISTICS
By
THOKCHOM LAKHIPRIYA DEVI
Ph.D. REGISTRATION NO. 2323/07
DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS
SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES
M A N I P U R U N I V E R S I T Y
CANCHIPUR, IMPHAL-795003
2011
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Canchipur, Imphal - 795 003
Manipur, India
The i 7 th January, 2011.
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The thesis entitled “The Tangkhul Grammar of Shangshak
Village” submitted by Mrs. Thokchom Lakhipriya Devi, Department of
Linguistics, Manipur University, Canchipur, Imphal for the award of Degree
of Doctor of Philosophy is an original work and has not been published or
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I express my deep gratitude to my guide Dr. S. Imoba Singh, Associate
Professor, Department of Linguistics, Manipur University, for his unceasing
guidance and invaluable suggestions. His tolerance and patience has resulted in
the materialization of the present work.
I extend my gratitude to Dr. Ch. Yashawanta Singh, Professor,
Department of Linguistics and staff for their critical comments, suggestions and
encouragement.
I also thank Dr. L. Sarbajit Singh for his immense help and suggestions.
I am very much thankful to my informants Ms. Awon, Mr. W.A. Shishak,
Mr. R.S. Peter, Mr. Y.A. Shishak, Mr. Ramlun Meiphok, Mr. W.A. Solomi,
Mr. Nga Chanthing Shipo and Mr. Khangamsing Raihing for sparing their
valuable time and bearing with me patiently. Their deep concern in providing the
relevant data has resulted in the completion of the thesis in time.
I again acknowledge my indebtness to Mr. R.S. Reisang, Sr. Additional
Government Advocate, Gauhati High Court and Mrs. Shinmila for their
immeasurable help while undergoing the research work.
My thanks are also for my sisters Th. Surbala and Th. Nonibala who
reasoned with me into taking up this research work and to my brother Th.
Brajakishor for his constant encouragement.
I also thank Mr. O. Premjit and Mr. Th. Sunil for taking the trouble of
typing the material.
Lastly, I thank my husband Ibotombi Namoijam for the morale boost and
unswerving support throughout the research period.
The 17 th January, 2011 H . •
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(Thokchom Lakhipriya Devi)
Research Scholar,
Department of Linguistics,
Manipur University,
Canchipur.
CONTENTS OF THE THESIS
PAGE
Acknowledgements I
List of Tables II
Abbreviation & Symbols III
CHAPTER-I
1.0 INTRODUCTION (1-13)
1.1 The People
1.2 The Language
CHAPTER-II
2.0 THE PHONOLOGICAL SYSTEM (14-57)
2.1 Vowel
2.2 Consonant
2.3 Syllable
2.4 Tone
CHAPTER - III
3.0 THE MORPHOLOGICAL SYSTEM (58-110)
3.1 Root and Affix
3.2 Word Formation
CHAPTER - IV
4.0 LEXICAL AND GRAMMATICAL
CATEGORIES
4.1 Noun
4.2 Pronoun
4.3 Verb
4.4 Adjective
4.5 Adverb
4.6 Case
Jt.l Mood
4.8 Gender
4.9 Number
4.10 Connective
4.11 Numeral
4.12 Aspect
CHAPTER - V
5.0 SENTENCE PROCESSES
5.1 Word Order
5.2 Negative
5.3 Imperative
5.4 Interrogative
5.5 Reduplication
CHAPTER VI
6.0 CONCLUSION (297-303)
Appendices
Bibliography
II
LIST OF TABLES
Table Particulars
1. Chart of vowel phonemes
2. Articulatory description of consonant phonemes
3. Distribution of Shangshak - Tangkhul consonant sound (word
level)
4. Structure of syllable
5. Structure of syllable i “I”.
6. Structure of syllable bi “excrement”
7. Structure of syllable rug “marsh”
8. Personal pronouns
9. Personal pronoun and possessive pronoun
ABBREVIATION AND SYMBOL
Abbreviation Word
abl. ablative
acc. accusative
Adj. adjective
Adv. Sf. adverbial suffix
A.Sf. associative suffix
asso. associative
asp. aspect
B.Sf. benefactive suffix
b.v. be verb
C.M.
command marker
con.
connective
cop.
copula
C.Sf.
causative suffix
det.
determiner
d.det.
distal determiner
def.
definitive
D.Sf.
directional suffix
E.Sf.
endearment suffix
gen.
genitive
Hb.Sf.
habitual suffix