Elaborate expressions in Dai Lue

The Dai Lue language, in common with other Southeast Asian languages, has many elaborate expressions: four-syllable units that often have idiomatic and colourful meanings. Using data from a corpus of Dai Lue texts, this paper explains seven strategies that are used for creating elaborate expre...

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Main Author: Hanna, William J.
Other Authors: Payap University and Summer Institute of Linguistics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/177628
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English