Datapoint Coos (Hanis) / Alignment of Case Marking of Full Noun Phrases

Language:Coos (Hanis)
Feature:Alignment of Case Marking of Full Noun Phrases by Bernard Comrie
Value:Ergative - absolutive

Examples

Sentence igt-2249:
h e qa´ l qal n qa´łîn kwe tsxū lä e ɛ nätc
h e
the
qa´ l qal
bed
n
adv
qa´łîn
under
kwe
ptcl
tsxū
lie
lä
3sg.poss
e ɛ nätc
mother
his mother was lying under the bed
Sentence igt-2250:
x îloxqai´n la u c e a´lc ît h e mä xä´nîs
x
erg
îloxqai´n
medicine.man
la u
3sg
c e a´lc
work
ît
trans
h e
the
mä
person
xä´nîs
sick
a medicine man worked on the sick man

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