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<p><font size="2">Dear colleagues,</font></p>
<p><font size="2">Does anyone know of a language in which the (former) marker of perfective aspect became a marker of middle voice? In Bocotá, a language of Panama, the marker -<em>du </em>has been described as a marker of perfective aspect (Gunn 1975), while in Buglere, a dialect of Bocotá, spoken in Southwestern Panama and Costa Rica, it clearly behaves as a marker of middle voice. While it is not difficult to trace the likely semantic reanalysis underlying this change, I would like to know if this has been attested elsewhere.</font></p>
<p><font size="2">Thanks<span lang="ES-CR" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: ES-CR; mso-fareast-language: ES; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </span></font></p>
<p><font size="2"><span lang="ES-CR" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Palatino Linotype"; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: ES-CR; mso-fareast-language: ES; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Diego</span></font></p>
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<br />Prof. Dr. J. Diego Quesada
<br />Escuela de Literatura y Ciencias del Lenguaje
<br />Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
<br />Universidad Nacional
<br />3000 Heredia, COSTA RICA
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