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3 > Nominal clause agreement for obviation If there are two or more third persons in a sentence , one is proximate while ... Proximate status is the unmarked status ; while an overt noun is marked obviative with the suffix - ( w ) a .
3 > Nominal clause agreement for obviation If there are two or more third persons in a sentence , one is proximate while ... Proximate status is the unmarked status ; while an overt noun is marked obviative with the suffix - ( w ) a .
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The obviative example in 25 involves two clauses and illustrates another situation in which there is an obviative subject in a nominal clause . The nominal wh - clause constitutes the main clause of the sentence .
The obviative example in 25 involves two clauses and illustrates another situation in which there is an obviative subject in a nominal clause . The nominal wh - clause constitutes the main clause of the sentence .
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Slot 3 : unpredictably obviative object In both the independent and the conjunct , the morpheme * -emindicates that an animate direct object is UNPREDICTABLY obviative . As mentioned earlier , the label obviative object ( or " obv ...
Slot 3 : unpredictably obviative object In both the independent and the conjunct , the morpheme * -emindicates that an animate direct object is UNPREDICTABLY obviative . As mentioned earlier , the label obviative object ( or " obv ...
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Contents
BLAIN | 12 |
PHIL BRANIGAN and MARGUERITE MACKENZIE | 28 |
JULIE BRITTAIN | 34 |
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