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... Preverbs Let me discuss more briefly another area of similarity between Kutenai and Algonquian , discussed in greater detail in Dryer ( 1999 ) . Algonquian languages have a set of words , commonly called preverbs , which precede the ...
... Preverbs Let me discuss more briefly another area of similarity between Kutenai and Algonquian , discussed in greater detail in Dryer ( 1999 ) . Algonquian languages have a set of words , commonly called preverbs , which precede the ...
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... preverbs in Kutenai and Algonquian in the following ways . First , there is no evidence that these words in Nisgha form a single word class . In Kutenai and Algonquian , the preverbs are characterized by occurring before the verb but ...
... preverbs in Kutenai and Algonquian in the following ways . First , there is no evidence that these words in Nisgha form a single word class . In Kutenai and Algonquian , the preverbs are characterized by occurring before the verb but ...
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preverb ( or the verb if there is no preverb ) . Many of them are also characterized by bearing a suffix that marks them as preverbs , - ( i ) ( ? ) ł in Kutenai , -i ( for example ) in Malecite - Passmaquoddy . But the preverbal words ...
preverb ( or the verb if there is no preverb ) . Many of them are also characterized by bearing a suffix that marks them as preverbs , - ( i ) ( ? ) ł in Kutenai , -i ( for example ) in Malecite - Passmaquoddy . But the preverbal words ...
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