particle

grammar

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Polynesian languages

Tibeto-Burman languages

  • relationships among the Tibeto-Burman languages
    In Tibeto-Burman languages: Tibeto-Burman and areal grammar

    …have intricate systems of evidential particles that characterize the nature of the speaker’s information, revealing if it is firsthand, hearsay, visual, or auditory. It is typical to have large repertoires of sentence-final particles that express emotional attitudes. These often occur in strings of two, three, or more and are more…

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