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The possessed nouns in ( 17 ) and ( 18 ) bear both the third person possessive suffix - > is and the obviative suffix -is . What distinguishes these two exam- ples from those in ( 15 ) and ( 16 ) ( where the possessed noun is not marked ...
The possessed nouns in ( 17 ) and ( 18 ) bear both the third person possessive suffix - > is and the obviative suffix -is . What distinguishes these two exam- ples from those in ( 15 ) and ( 16 ) ( where the possessed noun is not marked ...
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Garvin analyses verb forms like that in ( 46 ) , which involves a suffix mit , as indicating a first person or second person obviative . ( 46 ) hu wu - kat - mit - ni xa fin - pis 1 , SUBJ see - MIL - INDIC dog - 3 , poss ' I saw his ...
Garvin analyses verb forms like that in ( 46 ) , which involves a suffix mit , as indicating a first person or second person obviative . ( 46 ) hu wu - kat - mit - ni xa fin - pis 1 , SUBJ see - MIL - INDIC dog - 3 , poss ' I saw his ...
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argument for this conclusion for many Algonquianists would be an example of a Kutenai text illustrating obviation at the ... There is an inflectional category of nouns , where one value , obviative , is formally marked , the other value ...
argument for this conclusion for many Algonquianists would be an example of a Kutenai text illustrating obviation at the ... There is an inflectional category of nouns , where one value , obviative , is formally marked , the other value ...
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