Papers of the ... Algonquian Conference, Volumes 15-16Carleton University, 1984 - Algonquian Indians |
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( More accurately , the italicized form will indicate both the dubitative mode and the person / number of the subject and ... In clauses containing a WH - word , the dubitative indicates that it is uncertain what should fill the slot ...
( More accurately , the italicized form will indicate both the dubitative mode and the person / number of the subject and ... In clauses containing a WH - word , the dubitative indicates that it is uncertain what should fill the slot ...
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It most commonly takes the form -pan , and in Moose Cree , its most basic function is to indicate imperfective aspect in the past . However , it can also be used to indicate that an event or state is hypothetical , or more specifically ...
It most commonly takes the form -pan , and in Moose Cree , its most basic function is to indicate imperfective aspect in the past . However , it can also be used to indicate that an event or state is hypothetical , or more specifically ...
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What the past tense marking does here is indicate that there is at least some degree of remoteness from reality ... For this reason , the use of the dubitative is not anomolous here ; it indicates that the proposition may or may not be ...
What the past tense marking does here is indicate that there is at least some degree of remoteness from reality ... For this reason , the use of the dubitative is not anomolous here ; it indicates that the proposition may or may not be ...
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19th century Abenaki acculturated Albany and Attawapiskat Algonquian Conference American animals Attawapiskat bags bark Basil beads beadwork belt Big Trout Lake birch bark scrolls birchbark bird canoe ceremonial hide culture d'une decorated deux dialect dubitative early England English European example Fort Albany Fort George gélinotte George Gladys Gladys Tantaquidgeon gunwale Hudson's Bay Company hunting Indians Iroquois Island James Bay Jocko land language langue legend linguistic manitou Maniwaki medicine Micmac Mide Midewiwin missionary Mistassini Mohegan Montagnais Moose Factory motifs Museum myths Nanabozho Nantucket narrative Native nombre non-Indian North noun obviative Ojibwa Ontario oral history orthography Ottawa paper patterns Penobscot pigs prefix preverbs Québec Rasles records REFERENCES ribs River root Saulteaux scrolls semantic Sheshatshiu Shinnecock speakers Speck spruce Swampy Cree Tantaquidgeon tion Toronto trade traditional tribes University variant verb stem village vowel Wabanaki wampum Watkins William