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Ojibwa , in contrast , apparently permits multiple proximates at least within the domain of a main clause and a complement clause , as in ( 38 ) : the people who the referent of the subject of the main clause is visiting are obviative ...
Ojibwa , in contrast , apparently permits multiple proximates at least within the domain of a main clause and a complement clause , as in ( 38 ) : the people who the referent of the subject of the main clause is visiting are obviative ...
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Clauses with verbs of this form never take a separate nominal subject . These indefinite subjects do not normally cause a proximate shift to occur , presumably because of the low importance associated with their referents .
Clauses with verbs of this form never take a separate nominal subject . These indefinite subjects do not normally cause a proximate shift to occur , presumably because of the low importance associated with their referents .
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