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On the expression of spatial concepts in Lahu

Abstract

Spatial/locative/directional concepts are sometimes highly grammaticalized in Tibeto-Burman,  notably in the Qiangic languages, which are famous for their systems of “directional prefixes” preposed to verbs to indicate the literal or figurative direction of the verbal event.

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