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Geographical and historical contexts |
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1 | (2) |
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3 | (4) |
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3 | (1) |
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4 | (1) |
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5 | (1) |
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5 | (1) |
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Glottal stop deletion and tone neutralization |
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6 | (1) |
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Stress and syllable duration |
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6 | (1) |
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7 | (1) |
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8 | (3) |
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9 | (1) |
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10 | (1) |
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10 | (1) |
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10 | (1) |
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11 | (2) |
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13 | (5) |
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Phrase-internal structure |
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13 | (1) |
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13 | (1) |
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14 | (1) |
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Clause-construction patterns |
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15 | (2) |
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17 | (1) |
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18 | (4) |
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Versatile verbs, verb serialization, and grammaticalization |
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18 | (2) |
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20 | (2) |
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22 | (3) |
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25 | (24) |
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25 | (9) |
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26 | (6) |
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32 | (2) |
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34 | (1) |
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34 | (2) |
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34 | (1) |
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35 | (1) |
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36 | (1) |
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36 | (9) |
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37 | (2) |
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39 | (2) |
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41 | (1) |
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42 | (1) |
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43 | (2) |
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Other word-formation processes |
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45 | (4) |
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45 | (1) |
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46 | (1) |
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47 | (1) |
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48 | (1) |
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49 | (12) |
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49 | (7) |
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49 | (2) |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (1) |
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Reciprocal pairs of pronouns |
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52 | (2) |
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54 | (1) |
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55 | (1) |
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56 | (1) |
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57 | (2) |
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59 | (2) |
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The structure of noun phrases |
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61 | (12) |
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Types of modifiers and their structures |
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61 | (6) |
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61 | (4) |
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65 | (2) |
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The complex modifying phrases |
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67 | (2) |
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69 | (1) |
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70 | (3) |
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73 | (10) |
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73 | (1) |
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74 | (1) |
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74 | (4) |
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75 | (1) |
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76 | (1) |
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Inanimate classifiers by shape |
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76 | (1) |
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Inanimate classifiers by function |
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77 | (1) |
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78 | (2) |
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Collective classifiers and type classifiers |
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80 | (3) |
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83 | (8) |
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83 | (4) |
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83 | (3) |
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Demonstratives in deictic temporal expressions |
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86 | (1) |
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87 | (4) |
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91 | (12) |
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Adjectives (Noun modifiers) |
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91 | (1) |
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Manner Adverbs (Verb modifiers) |
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92 | (2) |
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Comparative constructions |
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94 | (4) |
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94 | (2) |
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96 | (1) |
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Comparative correlative construction (`the more..., the better') |
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97 | (1) |
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98 | (1) |
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99 | (4) |
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Adverbs and adverbial phrases |
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103 | (6) |
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103 | (1) |
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104 | (1) |
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Temporal adverbial phrases |
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105 | (1) |
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106 | (3) |
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109 | (14) |
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109 | (7) |
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109 | (2) |
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111 | (2) |
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113 | (3) |
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Transitive-intransitive alternation |
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116 | (2) |
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116 | (1) |
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117 | (1) |
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118 | (5) |
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Challengeability marker:/ca/ |
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123 | (10) |
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123 | (3) |
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The non-temporal use of /ca/ |
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126 | (1) |
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/ca/ in complex sentences |
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127 | (3) |
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/ca/ with auxiliary elements |
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130 | (3) |
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133 | (16) |
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Deontic modal auxiliaries |
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134 | (3) |
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Epistemic modal auxiliaries |
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137 | (12) |
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Conjectural modal auxiliaries |
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137 | (7) |
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Evidential modal expressions |
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144 | (1) |
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144 | (3) |
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147 | (2) |
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149 | (22) |
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150 | (2) |
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152 | (8) |
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153 | (4) |
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157 | (2) |
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Inceptive and terminative |
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159 | (1) |
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160 | (7) |
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Change-of-state (Inchoative) |
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167 | (4) |
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The linking particle: /kc/ |
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171 | (8) |
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171 | (2) |
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173 | (1) |
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174 | (1) |
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175 | (2) |
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Marker of criticism and disappointment |
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177 | (2) |
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179 | (8) |
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179 | (1) |
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180 | (1) |
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181 | (1) |
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Response tokens and backchannel expressions |
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182 | (1) |
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183 | (4) |
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187 | (26) |
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188 | (9) |
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Information-oriented particles |
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197 | (9) |
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Action-oriented particles |
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206 | (1) |
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207 | (6) |
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213 | (8) |
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213 | (1) |
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214 | (1) |
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215 | (2) |
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217 | (4) |
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221 | (10) |
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Sentences with /pen/: Attribution |
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221 | (2) |
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Sentences with /khuu/: Definition |
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223 | (4) |
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Negation of copulative sentences |
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227 | (1) |
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Copulative sentences without /pen/ or /khuu/ |
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228 | (3) |
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Serial verb constructions |
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231 | (12) |
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231 | (1) |
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232 | (6) |
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Sequential and purposive serialization |
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232 | (3) |
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235 | (1) |
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Simultaneous serialization |
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236 | (2) |
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238 | (5) |
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238 | (1) |
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Resultative serialization |
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239 | (4) |
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243 | (10) |
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243 | (3) |
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Subordinate clause markers: /thii/, /sun/, and /an/ |
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246 | (3) |
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Formation of relative clauses and compounds |
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249 | (4) |
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253 | (6) |
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253 | (2) |
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Complementation with /thii/ |
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255 | (4) |
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Quotation and the complementizer /waa/ |
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259 | (10) |
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259 | (4) |
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The general verb of speech and cognition |
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263 | (1) |
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The post-posed verb of speech |
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264 | (1) |
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265 | (4) |
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269 | (10) |
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269 | (5) |
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Temporal adverbial markers |
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269 | (2) |
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Conditional adverbial markers |
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271 | (2) |
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Logical adverbial markers |
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273 | (1) |
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274 | (2) |
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`Over-specification' and `under-specification' |
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276 | (3) |
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`Yes/No' and tag questions |
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279 | (12) |
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279 | (8) |
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279 | (4) |
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283 | (1) |
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/ru-yan/ (/lεεw ru-yan/) question |
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284 | (1) |
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285 | (1) |
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Answering `Yes/No' questions |
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286 | (1) |
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287 | (1) |
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/chay-may/ and /chay-ru-plaaw/ questions |
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287 | (1) |
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288 | (1) |
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Embedding of `Yes/No' and tag questions |
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288 | (3) |
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Interrogative and indefinite expressions |
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291 | (14) |
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291 | (6) |
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291 | (2) |
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Adjectival interrogative words |
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293 | (1) |
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Adverbial interrogative words |
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294 | (3) |
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Embedding of question-word questions |
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297 | (2) |
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299 | (6) |
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Reciprocal, distributive, and collective: /kan/ |
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305 | (8) |
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305 | (2) |
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307 | (1) |
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308 | (1) |
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309 | (4) |
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313 | (10) |
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313 | (4) |
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317 | (1) |
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317 | (2) |
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319 | (4) |
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323 | (16) |
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323 | (2) |
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The periphrastic causative |
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325 | (7) |
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325 | (3) |
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328 | (2) |
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330 | (2) |
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Extensions of the /hay/ causative |
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332 | (5) |
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332 | (3) |
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335 | (1) |
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The non-interventive /hay/ |
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336 | (1) |
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Other periphrastic causative constructions |
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337 | (2) |
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Benefactive and purposive |
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339 | (10) |
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The /hay/ benefactive construction |
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339 | (3) |
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Purposive-benefactive /hay/ constructions |
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342 | (1) |
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The malefactive /hay/ construction |
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343 | (1) |
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Other benefactive and purposive constructions |
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344 | (5) |
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The /phua/ benefactive and purposive |
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344 | (2) |
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346 | (1) |
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346 | (3) |
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349 | (10) |
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349 | (6) |
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350 | (3) |
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353 | (1) |
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354 | (1) |
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355 | (4) |
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359 | (18) |
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359 | (5) |
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359 | (1) |
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Topic with a clausal comment |
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360 | (1) |
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361 | (2) |
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363 | (1) |
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363 | (1) |
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Referent tracking in discourse |
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364 | (4) |
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364 | (3) |
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367 | (1) |
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368 | (6) |
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Resumptive pronouns (Shadow pronouns) |
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368 | (3) |
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371 | (3) |
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Constituent-order variability |
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374 | (3) |
| References |
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377 | (6) |
| Subject index |
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383 | (6) |
| Thai index |
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