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the grammars of Kutenai and Algonquian languages ; in contrast , there is no reason to posit grammatical features proximate and obviative in Salish languages . The conditions on the use of the topical object construction in Salish ...
the grammars of Kutenai and Algonquian languages ; in contrast , there is no reason to posit grammatical features proximate and obviative in Salish languages . The conditions on the use of the topical object construction in Salish ...
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Within clauses , the determination of what is proximate and what is obviative in Kutenai is to a large extent determined syntactically . Normally , the proximate participant is the highest third person participant on the hierarchy ...
Within clauses , the determination of what is proximate and what is obviative in Kutenai is to a large extent determined syntactically . Normally , the proximate participant is the highest third person participant on the hierarchy ...
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This results in a rapid - fire kind of proximate shifting , which would be perplexing under a topic - ori- ented analysis of obviation . Obviative referents speaking to proximate referents Obviative referents also frequently speak to ...
This results in a rapid - fire kind of proximate shifting , which would be perplexing under a topic - ori- ented analysis of obviation . Obviative referents speaking to proximate referents Obviative referents also frequently speak to ...
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Heather Bliss | 11 |
Julie Brittain Carrie Dyck Yvan Rose Marguerite MacKenzie | 29 |
Clare Cook | 47 |
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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