Great MoraqANTHONY GARCIA

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Word Order

u SOV

u Mod-N

u Prep-N

u Rel-N

u Adv-V

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Sentence Examples

u Intransitive

u /setsenẽn kexẽmre betsɪtkeːm/

u /ABS-I yesterday sleep-PST/

u 'I slept yesterday.’

u Transitive

u /miːsseʊl tʊl settiqXol joʔʊrkeːm/

u /ERG-You large ABS-sky see-PST/

u 'You saw the large sky'

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Valency Changing Operations

u Causative

u /miːssenẽn setsexẽm xeːlbetsɪtkeːm/

u /ERG-I ABS-He CAUS-sleep-PST/

u 'I made him sleep.'

u Anti-Passive

u /setseʊl leːssũmfet naːljatberkeːm/

u /ABS-You DAT-fish ANTI-eat-PST/

u "You ate to the fish."

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Question Formation

u Polar Question

u /miːssexẽm joʔʊrkeːm settaʔɪk ki/

u /ERG-He see-PST ABS-cow QPART/

u "Did he see the cow?“

u WH-Question

u /miːsdel setsexẽm joʔʊrkeːm/

u /ERG-Who ABS-him see-PST/

u 'Who saw him?'

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Negation

u Positive

u /miːwwaʊl setsũmfet jatbereːm/

u /ERG.Dual-You ABS-fish eat-PRESENT/

u "You two eat fish.“

u Negative

u /miːwwaʊl setsũmfet kil jatbereːm/

u /ERG.Dual-You ABS-fish no eat-PRESENT/

u "You two don’t eat fish."

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Relative Clauses

u /miːwwaʊl xẽm tʊl setsexẽm feskuːreːm setsũmfet jatbereːm/

u /Erg.Dual-You that large Abs-It is-Present Abs-fish eat-Present/

u "You two eat fish that is large."

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Questions?

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