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in the surrounding discourse that is not mentioned in that sentence , as in the Cree example in ( 14 ) . In such sentences , the verb will inflect for hav- ing an obviative subject ( unless the subject is first or second person ) .
in the surrounding discourse that is not mentioned in that sentence , as in the Cree example in ( 14 ) . In such sentences , the verb will inflect for hav- ing an obviative subject ( unless the subject is first or second person ) .
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This example occurs in a text where the proximate participant is not mentioned in this sentence , although this participant remains proximate since the sentence comes from a description of a scene from the proximate participant's ...
This example occurs in a text where the proximate participant is not mentioned in this sentence , although this participant remains proximate since the sentence comes from a description of a scene from the proximate participant's ...
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If we consider a sentence pair like that in ( 6 ) , the linguistic necessity of the division becomes clear . ( 6a ) Barney met the President of the United States . ( 6b ) Barney met Laura Bush's husband . We can approach these two ...
If we consider a sentence pair like that in ( 6 ) , the linguistic necessity of the division becomes clear . ( 6a ) Barney met the President of the United States . ( 6b ) Barney met Laura Bush's husband . We can approach these two ...
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Contents
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