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Clauses with First or Second Person Arguments One important difference between Kutenai and Algonquian languages is that the contrast between direct and inverse is restricted in Kutenai to clauses in which both arguments are third person ...
Clauses with First or Second Person Arguments One important difference between Kutenai and Algonquian languages is that the contrast between direct and inverse is restricted in Kutenai to clauses in which both arguments are third person ...
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Garvin analyses verb forms like that in ( 46 ) , which involves a suffix mit , as indicating a first person or second ... ( A ) a Taken literally , the notion of a first person obviative would suggest that first persons compete with ...
Garvin analyses verb forms like that in ( 46 ) , which involves a suffix mit , as indicating a first person or second ... ( A ) a Taken literally , the notion of a first person obviative would suggest that first persons compete with ...
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Again , we find no reason to posit first or second person obviatives . There is , however , a range of cases where the proper analysis of -mit is less clear , such as ( 49 ) . ( 49 ) qakir - ni k - u Pumad - mit say - indic subor - 1 ...
Again , we find no reason to posit first or second person obviatives . There is , however , a range of cases where the proper analysis of -mit is less clear , such as ( 49 ) . ( 49 ) qakir - ni k - u Pumad - mit say - indic subor - 1 ...
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