Papers of the ... Algonquian Conference, Volume 38Carleton University, 2006 - Algonquian Indians |
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In the indicative , word - final syllable loss ( which affected most -CV sequences ) would have made the second plural form homopho- nous with the second singular , and as a consequence the first plural exclu- sive and second plural ...
In the indicative , word - final syllable loss ( which affected most -CV sequences ) would have made the second plural form homopho- nous with the second singular , and as a consequence the first plural exclu- sive and second plural ...
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In Ojibwe , Cheyenne , and Eastern Abenaki the absence of the formative w in the first plural would be accounted for by paradigmatic leveling following the loss of the w by sound law in the first and second singular .
In Ojibwe , Cheyenne , and Eastern Abenaki the absence of the formative w in the first plural would be accounted for by paradigmatic leveling following the loss of the w by sound law in the first and second singular .
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The Abenaki languages are like Delaware in generalizing one first plural suf- fix word - medially and the other one word - finally , but the selection is reversed : as with the w - suffixes , Abenaki has the old exclusive suffix PEA ...
The Abenaki languages are like Delaware in generalizing one first plural suf- fix word - medially and the other one word - finally , but the selection is reversed : as with the w - suffixes , Abenaki has the old exclusive suffix PEA ...
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Abenaki agreement Algonquian American animate appears Carleton University clause consonants context contrast Cree dialect direct discussion ê-conjunct Eastern endings English êsa event evidence evidential example fact final forms functions future given gives Goddard grammatical independent indicative Indian indicative inflection intention inverse Island John knowledge Kutenai land languages Linguistics Loup marked Massachusett meaning mode months n-suffixes names Narragansett negative noun object obviation obviative Ojibwe pattern Pentland person phonemic Plains Cree plural presented Press preverbs proximate reconstruction referent relation Salish sentence shared shows similar SNEA speaker speaking speech stem stories structure suffix thematic theme third person tion told types University utterances verb vowel Western Winnipeg Wolfart word-final