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    "pk": 35157,
    "title": "Multi-functional deictics in South Central Tibeto-Burman",
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    "abstract": "This paper describes a phenomenon prevalent in South Central Tibeto-Burman languages, which we call multi-functional deictics (MFDs). Descriptively, MFDs are demonstratives that appear in multiple positions in the noun phrase, typically at the left edge and the right edge. They often co-occur and match in form, resulting in an apparent circumfix. MFDs are distinct from double definiteness or the reinforcer construction in Romance and Germanic languages, where a demonstrative co-occurs with a determiner or emphatic. In the case of MFDs, the two forms are both demonstratives, often identical. We find that MFDs are prevalent in South Central Tibeto-Burman. However, even the most basic questions about MFDs remain to be answered, such as whether their core meaning derives from distance in space, evidentiality, or something else; and what syntactic structures result in the two distinct positions. We provide a range of hypotheses for these questions and outline what kind of data is needed to test those hypotheses. Additionally, we find significant variation within South Central Tibeto-Burman in the specific properties of MFD. More broadly, MFDs provide an important test case for noun phrase syntax that has complex interactions with other grammatical phenomena like case marking.",
    "language": "en",
    "license": null,
    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "Kuki-Chin, South Central, Tibeto-Burman, Trans-Himalayan, demonstratives, deixis, noun phrase, syntax, reinforcer construction"
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    ],
    "section": "Articles of Special Issue 22.1",
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    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7d6752jb",
    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "Kenneth",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Baclawski Jr.",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Independent scholar",
            "department": "None"
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": "2021-07-10T20:28:22Z",
    "date_accepted": "2021-07-10T20:28:22Z",
    "date_published": "2023-07-31T07:00:00Z",
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}