Now or then ? the clitic - Rru in Panyjima: Temporal properties in discourse

The clitic -rru in Panyjima, glossed as 'now' by Dench, appears not only in present tense but also in past and future clauses. This paper analyses the uses of this clitic and its interactions with tenses at clause level, as well as its role in the wider discourse context. We argue that -rr...

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Main Authors: Ritz, M., Dench, Alan, Caudal, P.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/55751