Serial verb constructions in Burmese

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✦ Synopsis

Université de Provence, 2007. – 11 p.

Sketch of Burmese grammar:
- Sociolinguistic situation
- Burmese Language in brief
- Syntax
- Aim and origin of the study of serial verb constructions
- Serial Verbs Constructions

✦ Subjects

Языки и языкознание;Бирманский язык

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