Papers of the ... Algonquian Conference, Volume 27Carleton University, 1997 - Algonquian Indians |
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... person prefix denotes a first person goal of a transitive verb . Under a passive analysis , 1 is claimed to have a structure analogous to the English sentence I am loved , with the first person functioning as grammatical subject . Under ...
... person prefix denotes a first person goal of a transitive verb . Under a passive analysis , 1 is claimed to have a structure analogous to the English sentence I am loved , with the first person functioning as grammatical subject . Under ...
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... person actor or subject , as in 7 , and clauses with a first person goal or object , as in 8 : ( 7 ) ni - sêkih - a - w 1 - frighten - DIRECT - 3 ' I frighten him . ' ( 8 ) ni - sêkih - ik 1 1 - frighten - INVERSE ' He frightens me ...
... person actor or subject , as in 7 , and clauses with a first person goal or object , as in 8 : ( 7 ) ni - sêkih - a - w 1 - frighten - DIRECT - 3 ' I frighten him . ' ( 8 ) ni - sêkih - ik 1 1 - frighten - INVERSE ' He frightens me ...
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... person grammatical subject , except that in 1 this first person argument is semantically the goal while in 7 it is semantically the actor . Under the indefinite actor analysis , 1 is analogous to 8 , with the first person argument both ...
... person grammatical subject , except that in 1 this first person argument is semantically the goal while in 7 it is semantically the actor . Under the indefinite actor analysis , 1 is analogous to 8 , with the first person argument both ...
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GEORGE F AUBIN | 11 |
JULIE BRITTAIN | 25 |
MATTHEW S DRYER | 54 |
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