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Contents
Basic clausal syntax | 5 |
Verbs and verb types | 10 |
Phonology | 33 |
1 | 41 |
2 | 68 |
Pronouns | 79 |
Nominal classification | 119 |
3 | 146 |
Preliminary remarks on multiverb constructions | 339 |
Threeparticipant events | 355 |
Spatial predication | 383 |
Secondary Predication | 402 |
Causation | 421 |
Coordinating constructions | 455 |
Summary remark on multiverb constructions | 481 |
Texts | 498 |
5 | 153 |
Aspectualmodal marking | 173 |
Negation marker | 216 |
Achievement marker | 223 |
Expressive forms | 299 |
Noncanonical transitive events | 320 |
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Common terms and phrases
able adverbial already appear argument asks aspectual-modal be.at bòø caw4 Chapter chicken clause combination common complement construction context contrast conveys daj4 demonstrative described direct discourse discussion distinct English event expression final fish following example function give given grammar haj5 head hên3 idea indefinite interpretation involves juul kan3 kaø khaw3 khon2 khòòj5 kin3 kind kuu3 laaj3 laaw2 language lèèw4 linguistic maa2 man2 marked marker meaning meat mii2 modal modifier nii4 nominal Note noun phrase numeral classifier occur paj3 particle pên3 person phenl position possible predicate present pronouns properties qaw3 question reading reference relative respect resultative rice semantic siø slot sòòng3 speak speaker specific structure T.LNK Table talking Thai thing tion tone topic types typically vaal vehicle verb village
Bibliographic information
| Title | A Grammar of Lao Volume 38 of Mouton grammar library, ISSN 0933-7636 |
| Author | N. J. Enfield |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter, 2007 |
| ISBN | 3110185881, 9783110185881 |
| Length | 567 pages |
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