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ABUI ADVERBIAL~VERBAL DEMONSTRATIVES
by the Abui data is the basic distinction between reference and predication.
While evidentiality is primarily a referential operation, epistemic modality is a
predication about a proposition.
Table 6 lists the functions of Abui adverbial demonstratives. English equivalents
are given for the dynamic, deontic and epistemic modals.
form space modal dyn modal deo modal epi
ma proximal just want probably
spontaneously
ta proximal AD just AD want AD probably AD
spontaneously AD
la medial keep need apparently
suddenly
obviously
jointly
fa medial AD be forced AD need AD actually AD
ya distal happen to might possibly
somehow
Table 6: Functions of Abui adverbial demonstratives
Kratochvíl. 2011
The structure of the modal categories in Abui is quite unique. As mentioned
earlier, it has been reported in the literature, that di erent types of modality
show congruent marking (cf.
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Palmer 2001:7-8). However, I have not been
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