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Discussions about kamlang

• Anthony V.N. Diller (1988), “Thai syntax and ‘national grammar’”, Language Sciences, 10 (2): 273–312.

  Similarly, kamlang, a Khmer-provenance noun meaning ‘might, strength’, came to be used in mid-19th century writing as a preverbal auxiliary marking progressive or continuous aspect. The usage was either in addition to, or instead of, postverbal serialized yù: ‘stay’. The latter form alone is found in older Thai sources and in current rural dialects.

• Anthony V.N. Diller (2003), Evidence for Austroasiatic strata in Thai, in: Language Contacts in Prehistory: Studies in Stratigraphy.

  Khmer forms came to be employed as Tai auxiliaries, sometimes through grammaticalization: khuan (A2) “should”; kamlang (A1 + A2) “force” becoming a progressive marker; ...

Wyang (talk) 09:12, 21 March 2017 (UTC)