Papers of the ... Algonquian Conference, Volumes 15-16Carleton University, 1984 - Algonquian Indians |
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... sense of ' either X or not X ' . Thus , ( 17 ) , for example , has the sense : ' either he came or he didn't come , I don't know which ; if he did come , I didn't hear him ' . Therefore the dubita- tive indicates here the same sense of ...
... sense of ' either X or not X ' . Thus , ( 17 ) , for example , has the sense : ' either he came or he didn't come , I don't know which ; if he did come , I didn't hear him ' . Therefore the dubita- tive indicates here the same sense of ...
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... sense ' Either he is going to come or he isn't , I don't know which ; if the former , he will let us know about it ' . This is parallel to the senses conveyed in ( 16 ) and ( 17 ) . Dubitative verbs also appear in contrary - to - fact ...
... sense ' Either he is going to come or he isn't , I don't know which ; if the former , he will let us know about it ' . This is parallel to the senses conveyed in ( 16 ) and ( 17 ) . Dubitative verbs also appear in contrary - to - fact ...
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... sense of ' probable but not certain ' ; if the clause already implies uncertainty independently of the dubitative marking , without any leaning toward the ' probability ' sense , then the dubitative simply reinforces this , indicating ...
... sense of ' probable but not certain ' ; if the clause already implies uncertainty independently of the dubitative marking , without any leaning toward the ' probability ' sense , then the dubitative simply reinforces this , indicating ...
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