From interrogation to topicalization: Proto-Tibeto-Burman *la in Kathmandu Newar

This paper outlines the synchronic variation found in the discourse functions of the particle la in Kathmandu Newar and argues that from this synchronic variation we can reconstruct a pathway of reanalysis from an original clause-final interrogative function to a clause-initial topicalization functi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hargreaves, David
Other Authors: California State University, Chico
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178170