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... [ prox ] ' There were three of the Indian's [ prox ] little dogs [ obv ] . ' ( Nichols 1988 : 165 ; Birch Island Text VIII , sentence 12 ) At first sight , Kutenai looks different in that nouns possessed by third persons are generally ...
... [ prox ] ' There were three of the Indian's [ prox ] little dogs [ obv ] . ' ( Nichols 1988 : 165 ; Birch Island Text VIII , sentence 12 ) At first sight , Kutenai looks different in that nouns possessed by third persons are generally ...
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... [ prox ] here . ' ( 25b ) Pat hu titkikx - nata ? -nituh_ut . HABIT 1SUBJ not.get - 1PL - INDICchar ' Then we never got any char [ prox ] to eat . ' ( 25c ) taxa - s hu ˘ xał then - OBV 1SG fut ' itqux - ni ka sharpen - INDIC 1POSS axe ...
... [ prox ] here . ' ( 25b ) Pat hu titkikx - nata ? -nituh_ut . HABIT 1SUBJ not.get - 1PL - INDICchar ' Then we never got any char [ prox ] to eat . ' ( 25c ) taxa - s hu ˘ xał then - OBV 1SG fut ' itqux - ni ka sharpen - INDIC 1POSS axe ...
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... [ prox ] would come and attack us . ' ( 38c ) hin n = upxa = s - t 2SUBJ huwas - nam . INDIC = know = DUR - PRVB hungry - NONSPEC.SUBJ ' You know that people [ prox ] are hungry . ' Contrast ( 38b ) and ( 38c ) with sentences with a third ...
... [ prox ] would come and attack us . ' ( 38c ) hin n = upxa = s - t 2SUBJ huwas - nam . INDIC = know = DUR - PRVB hungry - NONSPEC.SUBJ ' You know that people [ prox ] are hungry . ' Contrast ( 38b ) and ( 38c ) with sentences with a third ...
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