Syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic-epistemic functions of auxiliaries in Western Tibetan

There are two basic auxiliary verbs for `to be' which seem to be used in all Tibetan varieties including, of course, Written Tibetan (WT). In terms of WT, one yin and the other is yod. In a sentence they occur either as finite verb forms (usually in final position), or enter as auxiliary morphe...

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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1780732024-06-12T07:00:54Z Syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic-epistemic functions of auxiliaries in Western Tibetan Bielmeier, Roland University of Berne Arts and Humanities There are two basic auxiliary verbs for `to be' which seem to be used in all Tibetan varieties including, of course, Written Tibetan (WT). In terms of WT, one yin and the other is yod. In a sentence they occur either as finite verb forms (usually in final position), or enter as auxiliary morphemes into complex predicate structures. In this paper, only the first usage will be exemplified. Published version 2024-06-07T06:16:38Z 2024-06-07T06:16:38Z 2000 Journal Article Bielmeier, R. (2000). Syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic-epistemic functions of auxiliaries in Western Tibetan. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 23(2), 79-125. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LTBA.23.2.04 0731-3500 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178073 10.32655/LTBA.23.2.04 2 23 79 125 en Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area © 2000 The Editor(s). All rights reserved. application/pdf
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Syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic-epistemic functions of auxiliaries in Western Tibetan
description There are two basic auxiliary verbs for `to be' which seem to be used in all Tibetan varieties including, of course, Written Tibetan (WT). In terms of WT, one yin and the other is yod. In a sentence they occur either as finite verb forms (usually in final position), or enter as auxiliary morphemes into complex predicate structures. In this paper, only the first usage will be exemplified.
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title Syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic-epistemic functions of auxiliaries in Western Tibetan
title_short Syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic-epistemic functions of auxiliaries in Western Tibetan
title_full Syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic-epistemic functions of auxiliaries in Western Tibetan
title_fullStr Syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic-epistemic functions of auxiliaries in Western Tibetan
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