Space (spatial deixis) in Lisu

20 August 2015. — 55 p. How grammar encodes space in Tibeto Burman, ICSTLL 48.Deicacs are bound forms which must occur with a following postposiaon, most frequently the nominaliser m /mɑ44/ but also others such as lEY /lø33/ ‘manner’, kw /kwɑ44/ LOC, b: /bɑ21/ ‘side’, the nominal or nonfinal clause temporal TA: /thæ21/ ‘ame’, with classifiers such as hw, /xwɑ35/ ‘occasion’ and so on. These occur after the noun head, or may occur without a noun head; if a numeral plus classifier is present, it is between the deicac and the postposiaon.