History: BPFK Section: Text Structure Discursives

Proposed Definitions

bi'u (UI3a)

Discursive. Used to indicate new information. (cf. nindatni)

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bi'u nai (UI*3a)

Discursive. Used to indicate old information. (cf. saurdatni)

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jo'a (UI3a)

Discursive. Used to express metalinguistic yes. (cf. drani)

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kau (UI3a)

Discursive. Used to indicate an indirect question.

mi na djuno lo du'u ti mo kau
I don't know what this is.

e'o ko no da jungau lo du'u mi zvati ma kau
Please don't tell anyone where I am.

loi bangu cu ficysi'u lo ka xo kau da jicmu valsi lo skari ce'u
Languages differ in how many basic colour terms they have.

ei do jdice lo du'u xu kau do djica lo nu klama
You ought to decide whether or not you want to go.

li'o (UI3a)

Discursive. Used to indicate omitted text.

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na'i (UI3a)

Discursive. Used to express metalinguistic not. (cf. naldra, nalmapti)

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pau (UI3a)

Discursive. Used to indicate that a question follows. (cf. preti)

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pe'a (UI3c)

Discursive. Used to mark a construct as figurative / non-literal / metaphorical speech / text.

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pe'a nai (UI*3c)

Discursive. Used to mark a construct as non-figurative / literal / non-metaphorical speech / text.

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sa'a (UI3a)

Discursive. Used to indicate an editorial insertion. (cf. setca)

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ta'u (UI3a)

Discursive. Used to express making a tanru. (cf. tanru)

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ta'u nai (UI*3a)

Discursive. Used to express expanding the tanru.

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ge'e (UI6)

Attitudinal. Used to express an unspecified emotion.

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ki'a (UI6)

Attitudinal question. Used to express textual confusion. (cf. cfipu, kucli)

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ki'a nai (UI*6)

Non-question. Used to express understanding.

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xu (UI6)

Discursive. Used to pose a true-false question.

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Notes