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a. |
ni1
kasa-khru-müi 2
vue3 |
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your1
friends2
came3 |
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b. |
ni
kasa-khru vue |
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The individuating clitics and -müi functioning as anchor
to the plural marker need not necessarily be adjacent in
morphological space but may be outside the phrase [the last
example] or anywhere within the phrase [rest of the examples]
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Put differently, the inclusive whole plurality is realised
only in the definite or individuated NP
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Connotatively, ta
often, though not always, carries a disrespectful signification
both in substantives and pronouns whereas -khru
does not.
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3.3.4.
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Individuation
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Mao Naga has an interesting
system of individuation which is independent of number but
on which number is unilaterally dependant, as we saw-with
the exception of ta, which is one of the two plural
markers. hi marks visible entities about which/whom
the interlocutors need not know anything or a typically
but possibly, spatial entities which/who are hereabouts,
if not visible with respect to the speaker or temporal entities
proximate with respect to the time of utternace. Egs. 302-313.
- i,
homophonous with the deictic -i
marks nonvisible entities which/whom both the interlocutors
have atleast seen and typically, but not necessarily, know
further about. Egs. 314-328 -sü individuates nonvisible
entities about which/whom the speaker does not [or atleast
pretends the does not] know but has heard it broached somewhere
[sent 343] and the listener may or may not know or about
which/whom the speaker knows remarkably little or has vague
memories having known it/him long ago [sent 344] or which/who
is the object of his unsure guesses [sent 345].
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| 302
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a. |
omüi-na-hi |
‘the man who is visible or hereabouts’ |
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b. |
omüi-hi)-hi |
‘the two men who are visible or
hereabouts’ |
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{-khru
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c. |
omüi
{ }-hi |
‘the men who are visible or hereabouts’ |
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{
ta } |
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| 303
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a. |
nie o-na-hi |
‘the female’ |
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b. |
nieo-hi)-hi
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‘the two females....’ |
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{ khru
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c. |
nieo
{ } -hi |
‘the females....’ |
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{
ta } |
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| 304
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a. |
nopfü-müi-na-hi |
‘the married woman...’ |
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b. |
nopfü-müi-hi)-hi
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‘the two married women...’ |
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{
khru } |
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c. |
nopfü-müi { }
-hi |
‘the married women...’ |
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{
ta } |
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| 305
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a. |
pfoo-na-hi |
‘the male....’ |
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b. |
pfoo-hi)-hi |
‘the two males....’ |
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{ khru
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c. |
pfoo
{ } -hi |
‘the males...’ |
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{
ta } |
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| 306
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a. |
larübvü-na-hi |
‘the book....’ |
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b. |
larübvü-hi)-hi |
‘the two books...’ |
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{
khru } |
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c. |
larübvü
{ } -hi |
‘the books....’ |
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{
ta }
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