Thus the two actions form a sequence.
In such a situation, the consequent sentence always has a repetitive
inflexion on its verb complex. One restriction that seems to hold good is
that no its verb complex. One restriction that seems to hold good is that no
two adjacent subjects in such a sequence can be coreferential.
2.5.3.2.4.
Concord :
There are certain very limited
features of concord or areement of the verbal form with the subject of the
sentence. These features pertain to the categories of person and number.
Concord is marked in two ways.
2.5.3.2.4.1.
Suffixation :
Number is marked by suffixation. The
suffix is /-rẽ/ and is placed
before the tense/mood suffixes.
(176)
/n1
tapẽ2
thįrẽke3/
`we1 shall eat3
rice2’
(177)
/įnč1
taphragam2 bórẽne3/
`you1 go3 to
Taphragam2’
2.5.3.2.4.2.
Suppletion :
This process accounts for the person concord. The
motivation for treating them as cases of suppletion comes from the fact that
plural has another overt form in some of the concord situations. Consider,
for example, the sentences
(178)
/h1
tap2
thįne3/
eat-DF (1Sg)
`I1 shall eat3
food2’
(179)
/nyś1
tap2
thįyą3/
eat-DF (2Sg)
`you1 will eat3
food2’
(180)
/cyį1 tap2
thįb3/
eat-DF (3Sg)
`he1 will eat3
rice2’
(181)
/n1
tap2
thįrẽke3/
eat-P1-DF (1P1)
`we1 shall eat3
rice2’
where the future tense has four allomorphs each in the environment of one
person. Alternately, the cases of suppletion can be treated as syncretic
forms where the suffixes may be analyzed as coalesced forms of tense/person.
ne
...
I person + distant future
ke
...
I person + distant future + (plural)
yą
...
II person + distant future
b
...
III person + distant future
2.5.3.2.5.
Causative :
Causation, in Mishmi, is morphological. That is, the
process is brought about by suffixation. It indicates the instigation of the
event by an external stimulus. What we get is a double actor configuration.
The external stimulus is
1
tapẽ2
thįrẽke3/
1
tap
2
thįne3/
