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Alignment of Case Marking of Full Noun Phrases
Language:
Koasati
Feature:
Alignment of Case Marking of Full Noun Phrases
by
Bernard Comrie
Value:
Nominative - accusative (standard)
Examples
Sentence igt-1241:
yá:li am aw ó:to k cimpónc o:to k ónti to V̢
yá:li
here
am
1sg
aw
grandfather
ó:to
art
k
nom
cimpónc
Jim.Poncho
o:to
art
k
nom
ónti
come
to
pst.3sg
V̢
ptcl
here my late grandfather, Jim Poncho, came
Sentence igt-1242:
opá k tabátk ok …
opá
owl
k
nom
tabátk
catch
ok
ss.foc
…
the owl caught it and ...
Sentence igt-1243:
a:nipó n onaksóhli li t
a:nipó
meat
n
acc
onaksóhli
char.tr
li
1sg
t
pst
I charred the meat
Sentence igt-1244:
anó k am hó:p
anó
I
k
nom
am
1sg
hó:p
be.hurt
I am hurt
References
Kimball 1991
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