Uses of the Defocusing Pronominal Prefixes in Caddo

This paper describes various uses of defocusing prefixes in Caddo, a Caddoan language spoken today in Oklahoma. The general function of these prefixes is to deflect attention from referents that may be irrelevant, unknown, or defocused for another reason. In looking at the different uses occurring i...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Anthropological linguistics 1990-04, Vol.32 (1/2), p.57-68
1. Verfasser:	Chafe, Wallace
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Affixes Caddo language Defocusing Descriptive studies and applied theories Folktales Language Linguistic anthropology Linguistics Morphemes Oklahoma Protagonists Referents Semantics and pragmatics U.S.A Verbs Words
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