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... person is acting on a third person and inverse verb forms when a third person is acting on a first or second person , Kutenai employs a system similar to typologically more common systems in which there is a set of first and second person ...
... person is acting on a third person and inverse verb forms when a third person is acting on a first or second person , Kutenai employs a system similar to typologically more common systems in which there is a set of first and second person ...
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... person . The fact that only third persons partake in the obviation system of Kutenai is also reflected in the possessive construction . While , as shown above , nouns possessed by third persons are syntactically obviative in Kute- nai ...
... person . The fact that only third persons partake in the obviation system of Kutenai is also reflected in the possessive construction . While , as shown above , nouns possessed by third persons are syntactically obviative in Kute- nai ...
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... 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 [ prox ] dog [ obv ] . ' ( A ) Taken literally , the notion of a first person obviative would suggest ...
... 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 [ prox ] dog [ obv ] . ' ( A ) Taken literally , the notion of a first person obviative would suggest ...
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Algonquian American animals Anne's appear band bear Canadian Carleton University century Cherokee chief claim clan clause Company consonant contain continued Court Cree culture Delaware described dialects discourse discussion early English evidence example fact final furs given hunting important included Indian indicates individual inverse involved issues John Kutenai Lake land languages Linguistics living marked meaning Michigan Micmac Native North noted nouns object obviation obviative occur Ojibwa Ontario participant pattern political possessed possible present Press prox proximate question records reduplication reference reported represent River Roy's shift shows similar social society stem story suggests syllable third person trade traditional trappers treaty tribe United University verb Vincent vowel White York young