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Because ma ' mother ' is possessed by a proximate , it does not bear the obviative suffix , like the possessed nouns in ( 15 ) and ( 16 ) . In contrast , the possessed noun rakniknamu ' relative ' bears both the third person possessive ...
Because ma ' mother ' is possessed by a proximate , it does not bear the obviative suffix , like the possessed nouns in ( 15 ) and ( 16 ) . In contrast , the possessed noun rakniknamu ' relative ' bears both the third person possessive ...
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All nouns in Kutenai , regardless of animacy , inflect for the contrast of obviative versus proximate . c . Kutenai nouns possessed by third persons do not inflect as obviative unless the possessor is obviative , though such nouns ...
All nouns in Kutenai , regardless of animacy , inflect for the contrast of obviative versus proximate . c . Kutenai nouns possessed by third persons do not inflect as obviative unless the possessor is obviative , though such nouns ...
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First , there is no contrast between direct and inverse for transitive clauses with two third person participants . Second , what he describes in terms of an obviative : proximate contrast does not involve a category of nominal ...
First , there is no contrast between direct and inverse for transitive clauses with two third person participants . Second , what he describes in terms of an obviative : proximate contrast does not involve a category of nominal ...
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