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Page 288
Unfortunately , dubitatives in such constructions as embedded questions and relative clauses are not likely to occur very frequently in discourse , and they do not happen to appear in the narratives in my data .
Unfortunately , dubitatives in such constructions as embedded questions and relative clauses are not likely to occur very frequently in discourse , and they do not happen to appear in the narratives in my data .
Page 308
( f ) The enclitics never stand alone semantically , but are always in constructions with other constituents , and informants cannot use them alone or give a meaning for them without using them in construction with something else .
( f ) The enclitics never stand alone semantically , but are always in constructions with other constituents , and informants cannot use them alone or give a meaning for them without using them in construction with something else .
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... the Coulonge River suggests that moosehide thongs did have a place in the construction of a birchbark canoe ; i.e. , when a canoe had to be made in the early spring at a time when spruce root was unavailable .
... the Coulonge River suggests that moosehide thongs did have a place in the construction of a birchbark canoe ; i.e. , when a canoe had to be made in the early spring at a time when spruce root was unavailable .
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