where going to the river is a necessary
preliminary to catching fish, and
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where the relationship is purposive. The two
distinct structures result from different tree structures.
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Sequences of sentences with a common non-topic
NP can also be implicated. The implication
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gives rise to a cause and effect relationship.
Given the sentences
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(303) |
/cyį1
hibį 2
bóliyą3/
and |
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he-Nom forest-Dat go-RemP |
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`he1 went3
to the f orest2’
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(304) |
/tamyā1 cyį2
syé3/ |
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tiger-Nom he-Acc kill-RemP |
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`the tiger1 killed3
him2’
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We can generate an implicated structure by
topicalizing the second sentence so that the sequence forms a topicchain.
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(305) |
/cyįwč1
hibį2
bóyągõ3
tamyā4 |
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he-Now forest-Dat go-Imp1
tiger-Nom |
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syéliyą5/ |
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kill-RemP |
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`(because) he1
went3
to the forest2, |
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the tiger4
killed5
(him)’
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(306) |
/cyįwč1 tamyā2
syéyągõ3 |
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he-Nom tiger-Nom kill-Imp1 |
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hibį4
bóliyą5/ |
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forest-Dat go-RemP |
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`he1 went5
to the forest4
(because he was destined |
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to be) killed3
(by)the
tiger2’
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Case Marking :
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(i)
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The topicalized NP is marked for nominative
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(ii)
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The instrumental NP in the topicalized NP
reverts to the nominative.
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