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Locus of Marking: Whole-language Typology
Language:
Pirahã
Feature:
Locus of Marking: Whole-language Typology
by
Johanna Nichols
and
Balthasar Bickel
Value:
Zero-marking
Examples
Sentence igt-919:
ti kaiíi
ti
1
kaiíi
house
my house
Sentence igt-920:
ti xíbogi ti-baí
ti
1
xíbogi
milk
ti-baí
drink- INTENSIFIER
I really drink milk.
Sentence igt-921:
ti gí kapiigaxiítoii hoa-í
ti
1
gí
2
kapiigaxiítoii
pencil
hoa-í
give-
prox
I give the pencil to you.
References
Everett 1986
cite
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