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Title: The Many Ways to Invisible
How Sora uses older morphology of prefixation, infixation and reduplication to create more than two dozen forms that mean 'invisible'. The morphology is largely old and inherited from Austroasiatic.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1844532
PAR ID:
10519926
Author(s) / Creator(s):
Corporate Creator(s):
Editor(s):
Sidwell, Paul; Alves, Mark
Publisher / Repository:
Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society
Date Published:
Volume:
12
Page Range / eLocation ID:
19-33
Subject(s) / Keyword(s):
Sora Morphology Prefixation Infixation Reduplication
Format(s):
Medium: X
Location:
https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/items/8cb2e3bb-8618-404e-a175-240bbd0de083
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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