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An objec- tive inflection indexes a third - person argument in addition to the argu- ment or arguments indexed by the corresponding absolute inflection . For example , in the Delaware languages ( Munsee and Unami ) transitive ani- mate ...
An objec- tive inflection indexes a third - person argument in addition to the argu- ment or arguments indexed by the corresponding absolute inflection . For example , in the Delaware languages ( Munsee and Unami ) transitive ani- mate ...
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The inflections for inani- mate secondary object have no trace of * -ay in any language , like the plu- ral of ... takes apparent PEA * -nak for animate plural secondary object ( < PA * -nay - aki ) as cognate with the inflection in a ...
The inflections for inani- mate secondary object have no trace of * -ay in any language , like the plu- ral of ... takes apparent PEA * -nak for animate plural secondary object ( < PA * -nay - aki ) as cognate with the inflection in a ...
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The verbal use is not found in other languages 70 but appears to be an archaism : it is inflected with three ... The same umlaut of stem - final * e to * a that occurs before the preterite inflection in Cree is also found before this ...
The verbal use is not found in other languages 70 but appears to be an archaism : it is inflected with three ... The same umlaut of stem - final * e to * a that occurs before the preterite inflection in Cree is also found before this ...
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