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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Language: | English |
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John Benjamins Publishing Company
1984
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/dia.1.2.03cow http://www.jbe-platform.com/deliver/fulltext/dia.1.2.03cow.pdf |