@article{582043,
  address    = {Amsterdam/Philadelphia},
  author     = {Anette Helgestad Tombleson},
  journal    = {Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman},
  number     = {1},
  pages      = {36-54},
  publisher  = {John Benjamins Publishing Company},
  title      = {The copula system of Tawang Monpa},
  url        = {https://doi.org/10.1075/ltba.17013.tom},
  volume     = {43},
  year       = {2020},
  abstract   = {This paper is a description of the copula system of Tawang Monpa [Dakpa], an East-Bodish language, spoken in Arunachal Pradesh in India and by small groups of speakers in Bhutan and Tibet. There are two equative copulas in Tawang Monpa: personal jin and neutral jim, and three existential copulas: testimonial ni, neutral num and personal nou. In addition, there are separate negative copulas; equative: personal men and neutral menum, and existential: testimonial mon, neutral munum and personal monou. There is also one example of a past positive copula ne and a past negative copula monelu.},
  bestfn     = {eurasia\tombleson_tawang-monpa2020.pdf},
  besttxt    = {ptxt2\eurasia\tombleson_tawang-monpa2020.txt},
  cfn        = {eurasia\tombleson_tawang-monpa2020.pdf},
  doi        = {10.1075/ltba.17013.tom},
  fn         = {eurasia\tombleson_tawang-monpa2020.pdf},
  hhtype     = {specific_feature},
  inlg       = {English [eng]},
  issn       = {0731-3500},
  keywords   = {Tawang Monpa [Dakpa, Cuona], East-Bodish, copula},
  lgcode     = {Tawang Monpa of Arunachal = Dakpakha [dka]},
  macro_area = {Eurasia},
  src        = {benjamins, hh}
}