Vers L'histoire De L'obviation En Montagnais

SUMMARY In Montagnais, the obviative marker for singular animate nouns is -a; the obviative marker for singular inanimate nouns is -nu. However, in simple possessive constructions, an inanimate noun does not have the expected inanimate -nu, and in double possessive constructions, an animate noun doe...

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Published in:Diachronica
Main Author: Cowan, William
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: John Benjamins Publishing Company 1984
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/dia.1.2.03cow
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