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A Comparison of the Obviation Systems of Kutenai and Algonquian MATTHEW S. DRYER SUNY at Buffalo 1. Introduction In recent years , the term " obviation " has been applied to phenomena in a variety of languages on the basis of perceived ...
A Comparison of the Obviation Systems of Kutenai and Algonquian MATTHEW S. DRYER SUNY at Buffalo 1. Introduction In recent years , the term " obviation " has been applied to phenomena in a variety of languages on the basis of perceived ...
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This makes clearer the extent to which the Kutenai obviation system resembles that of Algonquian languages . The preceding discussion should not be taken as criticism of the choice of terminology by those who have applied terms like ...
This makes clearer the extent to which the Kutenai obviation system resembles that of Algonquian languages . The preceding discussion should not be taken as criticism of the choice of terminology by those who have applied terms like ...
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easily borrowed : it seems easy to imagine how bilingual speakers speaking one language with an obviation system and one without might eventually adopt something analogous to obviation into the language originally lacking an obviation ...
easily borrowed : it seems easy to imagine how bilingual speakers speaking one language with an obviation system and one without might eventually adopt something analogous to obviation into the language originally lacking an obviation ...
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