Demonstratives, articles and topic markers in the Yi group

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 947-998

  Gerner, Matthias ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Articles; Burmese Lolo; Demonstratives; Focus; Topic markers; Weining Neasu

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038239925     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-2166(02)00131-5     Document Type: Article

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