Publications
Publication details [#20298]
Gregerson, Kenneth. 1986. Perfective `mi' in Uma discourse. In Tracy, Karen, ed. Understanding face-to-face interaction: Issues linking goals and discourse. Lawrence Erlbaum. pp. 163–176.
Annotation
A pragmatic analysis of the particle `mi' in Uma (Western Central Sulawesi), arguing that it constitutes a means for the speaker to signal what is being `targeted' in the flow of ongoing discourse (the marking of Figure vs. Ground).