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Valence-changing prefixes in South Central Tibeto-Burman (Kuki-Chin)
Abstract
Many South Central languages have relatively unproductive sets of transitivizing (causative) and detransitivizing (middle) prefixal markers. This paper first surveys what we know so far about what markers are attested where in the group. Thereafter we suggest some possibilities as to the diachronic developments behind the distribution of markers which will form initial hypotheses for future research.