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Contents
Verbs and verb types | 10 |
Basic clausal syntax | 11 |
Secondary Predication | 17 |
Adverbial constructions | 21 |
Phonology | 33 |
1 | 41 |
2 | 68 |
Pronouns | 79 |
Achievement marker | 223 |
Expressive forms | 299 |
Noncanonical transitive events | 320 |
Preliminary remarks on multiverb constructions | 339 |
Threeparticipant events | 355 |
Spatial predication | 383 |
Coordinating constructions | 455 |
Summary remark on multiverb constructions | 481 |
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Common terms and phrases
ACHV addressee adjectives adverbial argument aspectual-modal markers be.at bòø bòò3 caw4 Chapter chicken class terms clause COMP complement construction context copula daj4 dajo dèèl dêj2 DEM.NONPROX DIR.ALL discourse distinct eat meat expression fish following example function grammatical haj5 haw2 hên3 hêtl hùan2 ideophones INDEF.HUM INDEF.INAN INTJ jaak5 juul kamlang2 kan3 kaø kap2 khan2 khaw3 khaw5 khon2 khòòj5 kin3 kuu3 laaj3 laaw2 language Lao alphabet Lao language leej2 lèèw4 lexical lotl maa2 main noun man2 marked MC.HUM meaning mii2 modal modifier classifier mùng2 naj2 nan4 ñang2 ñang3 negation nii4 nominal noun phrase numeral classifier nùngl paa3 paj3 pajo pên3 person phaj3 phato phenl polar question postverbal predicate pronouns qaaj4 qaw3 qòòk5 QPLR reference relative clause rice semantic siø slot sòòng3 speaker structure sùù4 T.LNK taaj3 tèèl Thai than2 there.is thiil too3 TPC.DIST vaa3 vaal vaw4 vehicle verb verb phrase Vientiane