The Semantics of the Verb ‘Give’ in Tibetan The development of the transfer construction and the honorific domain In: Bouveret, M. From Lexicalization to Grammaticalization: Give verbs and constructions. CAL collection, Johns Benjamins. PREPUPLICATION By Eric Mélac

https://www.academia.edu/89113638/The_Semantics_of_the_Verb_Give_in_Tibetan_The_development_of_the_transfer_construction_and_the_honorific_domain_In_Bouveret_M_From_Lexicalization_to_Grammaticalization_Give_verbs_and_constructions_CAL_collection_Johns_Benjamins_PREPUPLICATION?nav_from=a779b386-8c90-44e6-a594-212e55078b7b This paper aims to examine the behaviour of the equivalents of ‘give’ in Lhasa Tibetan in order to confirm, qualify or invalidate the universal tendencies that previous cross-linguistic research has unveiled (Newman 1996, Ed., 1997). We will first explore the semantic relations between the various forms that can express ‘give’ in Tibetan: SPRAD, BTANG, GNANG and PHUL, on the basis of previous lexicogra