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Linguistics Abbreviations
\documentclass[grammar]{subfiles}
\begin{document}
\chapter{List of Glossing Abbreviations}
\label{ch:glossing_abbreviations}
The following abbreviations have been used in the linguistics glosses throughout this document.
\begin{multicols*}{2}\small
\begin{description}[font=\normalfont\scshape,labelindent=12pt,leftmargin=60pt,style=sameline]
\item[1] First person
\item[2] Second person
\item[3] Third person
\item[abl] Ablative
\item[acc] Accusative
\item[ade] Adessive
\item[adj] Adjective/Adjectival
\item[adv] Adverb(ial)
\item[aff] Affirmative
\item[ale] Alethic
\item[all] Allative
\item[anim] Animate
\item[ass] Associative
\item[asm] Assumptive
\item[cess] Cessative aspect
\item[col] Collective
\item[cop] Copula
\item[comp] Comparative
\item[du] Dual number
\item[def] Definite
\item[dest] Destination
\item[dist] Distal
\item[dur] Durative aspect
\item[ela] Elative
\item[elect] Elective
\item[erg] Ergative
\item[ess] Essive
\item[exag] Exaggerated
\item[exc] Exclusive
\item[exist] Existential
\item[exp] Experiencer/Witness (Evidentiality)
\item[frac] Fraction
\item[freq] Frequentative aspect
\item[gen] Genitive
\item[hab] Habitual aspect
\item[hum] Human
\item[hyp] Hypothetical
\item[ill] Illative
\item[inanim] Inanimate
\item[inc] Inclusive
\item[inch] Inchoative aspect
\item[ind] Indicative
\item[ine] Inessive
\item[inf] Infinitive
\item[infr] Inferential
\item[ins] Instrumental
\item[int] Interrogative
\item[ipfv] Imperfective aspect
\item[irr] Irrealis
\item[loc] Location
\item[man] Manner
\item[med] Medial
\item[mir] Admirative
\item[momt] Momentane aspect
\item[nec] Necessitative
\item[neg] Negative
\item[nh] Non-Human
\item[nom] Nominative
\item[pfv] Perfective aspect
\item[pl] Plural number
\item[pol] Polite register
\item[prec] Precative
\item[prox] Proximal
\item[recp] Reciprocal
\item[rsn] Reason
\item[rep] Reportative
\item[sdt] Secundative
\item[sg] Singular number
\item[sgv] Singulative number
\item[src] Source
\item[stat] Stative (Imperfective) aspect
\item[supl] Superlative
\item[time] Time
\item[univ] Universal
\item[vol] Volitive
\end{description}
\end{multicols*}\normalsize
\end{document}
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