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... Wh - pronouns in a sentence , the sentence does not have the interrogative meaning any more , but expresses sentences having non - past tense forms as in 6 , and also in negative sentences having past or non - past forms as in 7 . " 6 ...
... Wh - pronouns in a sentence , the sentence does not have the interrogative meaning any more , but expresses sentences having non - past tense forms as in 6 , and also in negative sentences having past or non - past forms as in 7 . " 6 ...
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... Wh - pronouns indicates indefiniteness in positive sentences and a sense of completiveness in negative sentences . It is not true to claim that -um loose its core meaning of additiveness and occurs with a new set of meanings with Wh - ...
... Wh - pronouns indicates indefiniteness in positive sentences and a sense of completiveness in negative sentences . It is not true to claim that -um loose its core meaning of additiveness and occurs with a new set of meanings with Wh - ...
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... Wh - pronouns as in 6 ( a ) , it is implied that in addition to the place in question , the subject will go to other places also , thus implying an indefinite sense regarding the places where he will go . In the case of negative ...
... Wh - pronouns as in 6 ( a ) , it is implied that in addition to the place in question , the subject will go to other places also , thus implying an indefinite sense regarding the places where he will go . In the case of negative ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Descriptive Analysis of the focusive | 31 |
The Cooccurrence of the Clitic | 86 |
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action added addition adjectives adverbs alternating Ammu anke Arden asked assumed attached avan avaru believes Beschi claim clitic particle clitic particle ee clitics in Tamil co-occur coming COMP comparative conditional Consider constituents constraint construction core meaning definitely derived discussed dosai doubt earlier emphasis example expressed focusive clitics further give grammatical head hearer host identifying implied indicates inta interrogative pronoun involved kuuTa language marker maTTum meaning mentions moved naan needs neettu negative sentences Note noun object occur once particle oo person phrase pooneen position possible presence problem proposition question Raman reference regarding relative clause restriction rule Schiffman scope seen semantic function sense sentence shown similar speaker structure suggested syntactic taan Tamil tense things Tolkappiam town uncertainty utterance vare various verb viiTTukku yesterday