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Person agreement is realized in the form of the theme suffixes , which vary depending on the fea- tures of both the ... In ( 1 ) , the theme suffix is -yii , indicating that a third person proxi- mate subject is acting on a third person ...
Person agreement is realized in the form of the theme suffixes , which vary depending on the fea- tures of both the ... In ( 1 ) , the theme suffix is -yii , indicating that a third person proxi- mate subject is acting on a third person ...
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Normally , the proximate participant is the highest third person participant on the hierarchy Subject > Primary Object > { Secondary Object , Oblique } . The inverse construction is the only way in which this hierarchy can be violated ...
Normally , the proximate participant is the highest third person participant on the hierarchy Subject > Primary Object > { Secondary Object , Oblique } . The inverse construction is the only way in which this hierarchy can be violated ...
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( A peripheral suffix after the third person m - suffix | -wlm indexes the same argument , and , in fact , the singular suffixes were not used after the modal suffixes . ) If there is a peripheral suffix indexing an animate primary ...
( A peripheral suffix after the third person m - suffix | -wlm indexes the same argument , and , in fact , the singular suffixes were not used after the modal suffixes . ) If there is a peripheral suffix indexing an animate primary ...
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Heather Bliss | 11 |
Julie Brittain Carrie Dyck Yvan Rose Marguerite MacKenzie | 29 |
Clare Cook | 47 |
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