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... than the split in Williams's materials between a Massachusett - like n - dialect and a Pequot - like y - dialect is the fact that traces of a third n - dialect , is found which combines features of both Pequot and Massachusett .
... than the split in Williams's materials between a Massachusett - like n - dialect and a Pequot - like y - dialect is the fact that traces of a third n - dialect , is found which combines features of both Pequot and Massachusett .
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For example , every language that has a reflex of the stem Pentland ( 1999 : 230-231 ) reconstructs as PA * ata wa - ' trade , sell ' ( beside * ata.we wa ' he trades , sells ' ) in fact supports a reconstruction as PA * ata we : - Mes ...
For example , every language that has a reflex of the stem Pentland ( 1999 : 230-231 ) reconstructs as PA * ata wa - ' trade , sell ' ( beside * ata.we wa ' he trades , sells ' ) in fact supports a reconstruction as PA * ata we : - Mes ...
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Similarly , the fact that the subject of a passive ( in Algonquian , the object of a verb with an indefinite subject ) is also prototypically definite explains why there are no absolute verbs with indefinite subjects and third person ...
Similarly , the fact that the subject of a passive ( in Algonquian , the object of a verb with an indefinite subject ) is also prototypically definite explains why there are no absolute verbs with indefinite subjects and third person ...
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