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Overlap between Situational and Epistemic Modal Marking
Language:
Ainu
Feature:
Overlap between Situational and Epistemic Modal Marking
by
Johan van der Auwera
and
Andreas Ammann
Value:
Overlap for either possibility or necessity
Examples
Sentence igt-1268:
A kor nispa, hokure kuni a cisehe orun e hosipi.
A
I
kor
attr
nispa,
husband
hokure
hurry
kuni
nec
a
we
cisehe
house.of
orun
all
e
you
hosipi.
return
My husband, you must hurry and return to our house.
Sentence igt-1269:
Tapan hekaci poro yakun, isanispa ne an kuni p ne.
Tapan
this
hekaci
youth
poro
be.big
yakun,
if
isanispa
doctor
ne
as/into
an
be
kuni
nec
p
thing
ne.
become
When this child grows up, (s)he should become a doctor.
Sentence igt-3523:
Hure konno, a e easkay.
Hure
be.red
konno,
when
a
INDEF
e
eat
easkay.
can
When they have become red, one can eat them.
References
Tamura 2000
Refsing 1986
cite
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