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The question is what determines when a proximate shift occurs ( to use the expression Goddard 1990 : 318 uses in reference to Fox ) . The critical question then can be stated as follows : how can we pre- dict for a given clause whether ...
The question is what determines when a proximate shift occurs ( to use the expression Goddard 1990 : 318 uses in reference to Fox ) . The critical question then can be stated as follows : how can we pre- dict for a given clause whether ...
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Table 5 Number of Proximate Shifts by Text Environment for Kutenai Previous proximate continues in current clause ... from 10 texts ( skipping the first clause in each text , since a proximate shift cannot occur in the first clause ) .
Table 5 Number of Proximate Shifts by Text Environment for Kutenai Previous proximate continues in current clause ... from 10 texts ( skipping the first clause in each text , since a proximate shift cannot occur in the first clause ) .
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Rather , it is far more likely that these proximate shifts are determined by fairly abstract properties in the speaker's ... In the sample texts from both languages , a proximate shift occurs in 4 % to 5 % of the situations in which the ...
Rather , it is far more likely that these proximate shifts are determined by fairly abstract properties in the speaker's ... In the sample texts from both languages , a proximate shift occurs in 4 % to 5 % of the situations in which the ...
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