Verbal constructions and verbal classification in Nataoran-Amis

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PACIFICL INGUISTICS
SerieCs -No. 85
VERBALC ONSTRUCTIONASN D
VERBALC LASSIFICATIIONN N A TAORAN-AMIS
by
TeresaM . Chen
Departmenotf Linguistics
ResearcShc hooolf PacifiSct udies
THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Chen, T.M. Verbal constructions and verbal classification in Nataoran-Amis.
C-85, iv + 300 pages. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1967. DOI:10.15144/PL-C85.cover
©1967 Pacific Linguistics and/or the author(s). Online edition licensed 2015 CC BY-SA 4.0, with permission of PL. A sealang.net/CRCL initiative.
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TABLEO F CONTENTS
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CH1AI·PON TDTEUTRRCO AMT ILITSAOH NNEG UAGE1
1.G1e Infneorramla tion 1
1.L2ui inAsgftyfi icn it
1.R3e ovLfeiri eatwt ure 16 4
1.O4r ptahhanyoB d gfrP r inhaeoolDsorecgiipcta1il7o n
CH2AF:PRT AEOMEDRFSWE CTORIRKIO PN 26
2.L1e x-PiracePnas-odst Me-lo 1 d9e79 26
2.L2xes iFecue asra etlaensd Ru 30
2.C3no sitnotrtnMhas loe d e 38
2.B4aN soiotCcfia osnes 41
CHR3A C:PART SEEELI AANMT IISO NS 58
3.T1Ph eaeCnt atRilst eanei+ oPAT 59
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3.T2Ah geCe aRnlsteitaeo+ nA GT 70
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3.T3Ih rnemu seCtnaRltstean ei+ oINS 78
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3.T4Lh oeCc aRlustesaei+ oLnO C 93
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3.T5Ph cleCe aaR lsteanei+ oPLC 102
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36. TTheieC m aRlsteanei+ oTIM 107
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3.O7tC haiesNkreoe -t lions 113
CHR4A A:PMCT IAEMSSIA ESNRK YGS TEM 132
4.L1oi mcs axiclina sLee 132
4.C2aP sameris Aani md si g 125
4.S3mmu aorCfy-a MsiaSentrygeks m 139
44. LocRltaeaotri vNeo uns 160
CH5AC:PSLT ISAAECITROFIA FOMV NIE SR BS 163
5.V0e Crslbsaaaitlfi iocn 163
5.T1Rh oeoIl ffne tl ieFoacentaulr es 164
5.P2ir mVaeCrrly-baS susobsertcansiiai ttonee rgms
ofF arCFmaeessa et ure l7l
5.S3u obsrcaniat ttriieeomonSgfs ne tmFiaesca tu2r1e0
CH6AS:PYT INEDCTREA IA RNTOCI ATVOMVFIE SR BS 235
6.I1rn -tSeRleteanniptso ehnice 235
6.V2eD rreibfvsrNe oodmu ns 238
6.V3eD rreibfvsrOe otVdmhe errb s 250
BIOBGLRIAPHY 274
AUITNHDOERX 291
LANIGNUDAEGXE 293
TIOICPN DEX 294
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Chen, T.M. Verbal constructions and verbal classification in Nataoran-Amis.
C-85, iv + 300 pages. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1967. DOI:10.15144/PL-C85.cover
©1967 Pacific Linguistics and/or the author(s). Online edition licensed 2015 CC BY-SA 4.0, with permission of PL. A sealang.net/CRCL initiative.
CHAPTER 1
ITNROUDCITNO TOT HEAM ISL ANUGAGE
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Chen, T.M. Verbal constructions and verbal classification in Nataoran-Amis.
C-85, iv + 300 pages. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1967. DOI:10.15144/PL-C85.1
©1967 Pacific Linguistics and/or the author(s). Online edition licensed 2015 CC BY-SA 4.0, with permission of PL. A sealang.net/CRCL initiative.
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