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The sen- tences in ( 33 ) and ( 34 ) illustrate two ways to express the meaning ' Mary saw Mike's mother ' . ( 33 ) mati wu'kat - i ma- ? is - is misat - s Mary see - INDIC mother - 3 POSS - OBV Mike - OBV ' Mary saw Mike's mother .
The sen- tences in ( 33 ) and ( 34 ) illustrate two ways to express the meaning ' Mary saw Mike's mother ' . ( 33 ) mati wu'kat - i ma- ? is - is misat - s Mary see - INDIC mother - 3 POSS - OBV Mike - OBV ' Mary saw Mike's mother .
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Again , Nisgha lacks preverbs with this sort of meaning . And Kutenai and Algonquian have preverbs that correspond to main verbs that take verbal complements in English , as in the Kutenai exam- ples in ( 53 ) to ( 55 ) .
Again , Nisgha lacks preverbs with this sort of meaning . And Kutenai and Algonquian have preverbs that correspond to main verbs that take verbal complements in English , as in the Kutenai exam- ples in ( 53 ) to ( 55 ) .
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While the structural ( i.e. , morphosyntactic ) aspects of obviation have received much comment , the meaning conveyed by obviation is relatively undefined . Thus , Wolfart ( 1996 ) says , " While the choice of focus [ proxi- mate ] ...
While the structural ( i.e. , morphosyntactic ) aspects of obviation have received much comment , the meaning conveyed by obviation is relatively undefined . Thus , Wolfart ( 1996 ) says , " While the choice of focus [ proxi- mate ] ...
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