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Obviation . Animate nouns in Mitchif take optional obviative suffixes when they function as the objects of clauses with third person subjects . ( a ) la fãm mičimine • w li pči ...
Obviation . Animate nouns in Mitchif take optional obviative suffixes when they function as the objects of clauses with third person subjects . ( a ) la fãm mičimine • w li pči ...
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... -a.yahkuk -a.ya.hkik -a.yahkwa wi -aya : hkwa • wi 2p- ki- -a .wa.wak -a.ye kuk -a.ye .kwa • wi Direct 3 subject forms 3-e.w -a.t -a.ci -e.wak -a.cik -a twa.wi 3'-e`yiw -a.yit -a.yici No obviative object forms could be elicited .
... -a.yahkuk -a.ya.hkik -a.yahkwa wi -aya : hkwa • wi 2p- ki- -a .wa.wak -a.ye kuk -a.ye .kwa • wi Direct 3 subject forms 3-e.w -a.t -a.ci -e.wak -a.cik -a twa.wi 3'-e`yiw -a.yit -a.yici No obviative object forms could be elicited .
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For instance , he indicates not only that the ending of the obviative is n , but specifies also the connecting vowel . The obviative ending is a single -n only after a vowel . After g , k , 2 it is -on , and after any other consonant it ...
For instance , he indicates not only that the ending of the obviative is n , but specifies also the connecting vowel . The obviative ending is a single -n only after a vowel . After g , k , 2 it is -on , and after any other consonant it ...
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
Day National Museum of Man INDIAN PLACENAMES | 26 |
Carole Lévesque Université de Montréal PRODUCTION | 32 |
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