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3.2.2.1 isa ...................................................................................................136
3.2.2.1.1 isa as a marker of closings ...................................................137
3.2.2.1.2 isa as a marker of relinquishment ........................................139
3.2.2.1.3 isa as a marker of conclusory gists ......................................140
3.2.2.1.4 isa as a marker of resultant action ........................................143
3.2.2.1.5 isa as a position strengthener ...............................................145
3.2.2.1.6 isa a place holder ..................................................................151
3.2.2.1.7 sa go .....................................................................................152
3.2.2.2 sha ..................................................................................................156
3.2.2.3 gosha ..............................................................................................163
3.2.2.4 da ....................................................................................................170
3.2.2.5 bina .................................................................................................172
3.2.2.6 goda ................................................................................................178
3.2.2.7 naa ..................................................................................................180
3.2.2.7.1 naa as a hedge ......................................................................180
3.2.2.7.2 naa as an evidential marker .................................................188
3.2.2.7.3 naa as a pleading particle .....................................................191
3.2.2.7.3.1 Second position discourse clusters with naa .............192
4.0 Conjunct order as a discourse marking device ..........................................................201
4.1 Sentence level use of conjuncts ..........................................................................205
4.1.1 Dependent clauses ....................................................................................205
4.1.2 Temporal immediacy and the connective feature of the conjunct ............208
4.1.3 Situational immediacy ..............................................................................211
4.2 Discourse use of conjuncts .................................................................................213
5.0 Conclusion .................................................................................................................226
References ........................................................................................................................231
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