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CHAPTER 6 The “Tocharian C” hypothesis
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The data presented in Chapters 3–5 allow for the conclusion that Bactrian and
other Iranian languages had a profound influence on Niya Prakrit. Yet, it has
been argued that Niya Prakrit has also been influenced by non-Iranian
languages, most famously by a hypothetical substrate language known as
“Tocharian C”. After a brief introduction to the topic (§6.1), this chapter reexamines
the lexical, phonological, morphological, and syntactic arguments
that have been used to justify the assumption of contact with Tocharian
(§§6.2–6.5). This re-examination will enable us to conclude that there is, with
the potential exception of one loanword, so far no compelling evidence in
favour of Tocharian influence on Niya Prakrit, be it as the result of a substrate
or an adstrate type of contact (§6.6).
Title: CHAPTER 6 The “Tocharian C” hypothesis
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The data presented in Chapters 3–5 allow for the conclusion that Bactrian and
other Iranian languages had a profound influence on Niya Prakrit.
Yet, it has
been argued that Niya Prakrit has also been influenced by non-Iranian
languages, most famously by a hypothetical substrate language known as
“Tocharian C”.
After a brief introduction to the topic (§6.
1), this chapter reexamines
the lexical, phonological, morphological, and syntactic arguments
that have been used to justify the assumption of contact with Tocharian
(§§6.
2–6.
5).
This re-examination will enable us to conclude that there is, with
the potential exception of one loanword, so far no compelling evidence in
favour of Tocharian influence on Niya Prakrit, be it as the result of a substrate
or an adstrate type of contact (§6.
6).
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