Papers of the ... Algonquian Conference, Volume 29Carleton University, 1999 - Algonquian Indians |
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... verb maane as a quantifier , always using it in its uninflected form and almost always directly preceding the NP it modifies . This may explain why miigwaamni ' houses ' seems to be pulled to the immediate right of maane , before the verb ...
... verb maane as a quantifier , always using it in its uninflected form and almost always directly preceding the NP it modifies . This may explain why miigwaamni ' houses ' seems to be pulled to the immediate right of maane , before the verb ...
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... verb in 1 is transitive animate while the matrix verb in 4 is transitive inanimate . Secondly , sentence 1 is ambiguous while sentence 4 is not . Finally , while an animate noun can be an direct object of a transitive animate matrix verb ...
... verb in 1 is transitive animate while the matrix verb in 4 is transitive inanimate . Secondly , sentence 1 is ambiguous while sentence 4 is not . Finally , while an animate noun can be an direct object of a transitive animate matrix verb ...
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... verb in 17a is a transitive verb structure with agreement for two arguments , subject and object . The verb in 17b , on the other hand , is detransitivized via the morpheme -iht ' passive ' . ( Note that the verb in the elicited passive ...
... verb in 17a is a transitive verb structure with agreement for two arguments , subject and object . The verb in 17b , on the other hand , is detransitivized via the morpheme -iht ' passive ' . ( Note that the verb in the elicited passive ...
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