To Bi or not to Bi: A pronominal analysis for past

This paper discusses the morpheme bi in Saamáka which has the following characteristics. It conveys a past interpretation of the eventuality and anchors an eventuality to some past time which is inconsistent with past from a future perspective. It is not necessarily anchored to the time of utterance...

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Main Author: Marleen van de Vate
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2013-06-01
Series:Journal of Portuguese Linguistics
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Online Access:http://jpl.letras.ulisboa.pt/articles/77