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In ( 17 ) , the possessor watak ' frog'is obviative because it is distinct from the proximate subject of the clause . Example ( 18 ) involves two levels of possession . The proximate participant in ( 18 ) is expressed only by the ...
In ( 17 ) , the possessor watak ' frog'is obviative because it is distinct from the proximate subject of the clause . Example ( 18 ) involves two levels of possession . The proximate participant in ( 18 ) is expressed only by the ...
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These cases are not covered by the generalizations covering ( 46 ) to ( 48 ) , which describe -mit in terms of a first or second person and a distinct third person obviative participant . Since the verb in ( 49 ) is intransitive ...
These cases are not covered by the generalizations covering ( 46 ) to ( 48 ) , which describe -mit in terms of a first or second person and a distinct third person obviative participant . Since the verb in ( 49 ) is intransitive ...
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... the topic of the preceding discourse , but the use of a verb form inflected for third person subject ( rather than fourth person ) does not appear to indicate that the subject is distinct from the topic in the preceding discourse .
... the topic of the preceding discourse , but the use of a verb form inflected for third person subject ( rather than fourth person ) does not appear to indicate that the subject is distinct from the topic in the preceding discourse .
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