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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Main Author: Bielmeier, Roland
Other Authors: University of Berne
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178073