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... medials . This is because of a real semantic similarity between roots and concrete finals which they do not share with medials . Simply put , roots and finals express verbal predications whereas medials are incorporated nominal elements ...
... medials . This is because of a real semantic similarity between roots and concrete finals which they do not share with medials . Simply put , roots and finals express verbal predications whereas medials are incorporated nominal elements ...
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... medials , but ā , and at ( an ) do . When the latter occur with a medial the resulting verb describes some state of the object classified by the medial , e.g. , išp / ākonak / ā ' it is deep snow ' with medial ākonak ' snow ' , šakk ...
... medials , but ā , and at ( an ) do . When the latter occur with a medial the resulting verb describes some state of the object classified by the medial , e.g. , išp / ākonak / ā ' it is deep snow ' with medial ākonak ' snow ' , šakk ...
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... medials occur with at , whereas time unit medials do not occur with ā , e.g. , nīšo / konak / at ' it is two days ' , presumably because there can be no spatial configuration involved . The use of a to mark spatial configurations is ...
... medials occur with at , whereas time unit medials do not occur with ā , e.g. , nīšo / konak / at ' it is two days ' , presumably because there can be no spatial configuration involved . The use of a to mark spatial configurations is ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
Day National Museum of Man INDIAN PLACENAMES | 26 |
Rémi Savard Université de Montréal MYTHES ET COSMOLOGIES | 50 |
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