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kh ge3/ |
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reach-Mov |
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`both the Sun1 and the tiger2
reached3’
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Conjunction is possible only
with nominative NPs. Other nominals, even if they form topic chains, cannot
be conjoined until topicalized to nominatives. Thus given a set of sentences
like
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(322) |
/jyimcyane1 tamyā2
syéliyą3/ and |
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Nom Acc RemP |
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`Jimchane1 killed3
the tiger2’ |
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(323) |
/jyimcyane1
taméy  2
syéliyą3/ |
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Nom Acc RemP |
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`Jimchane1 killed3 the elephant2’
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we can generate a structure (324)
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(324) |
/taméywčmu1
tamyāwčmu2 |
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elephant-Nom-Conj tiger-Nom-Conj |
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jyimcyaneną3 syéliyą4/ |
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Jimchane-Inst [A] kill-RemP |
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`Jimchane3
killed4
both the elephant1 and the tiger2’
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3.9.2.
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Reciprocal Constructions :
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When two consecutive sentences
have reversed identity of NPs with common verb complexes, i.e., the
nominative NP in the first sentence is co-referential with the accusative NP
of the second and the nominative NP of the second sentence is co referential
with the accusative NP of the first, the conjoining takes a different form.
One of the verb complexes is deleted. Both the accusative NPs are deleted.
The nominative NPs are conjoined by each taking the conjunctive marker /ma/
`one of a pair’. Thus given the sentences
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(325) |
/indiya1 pakistan2
hįdõgą3/ and |
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Nom Acc Pa |
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`India1 fought3
Pakistan2’ |
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(326) |
/pakistan1
indiya2 hįdõgą3/ |
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Nom Acc Pa |
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`Pakistan1 fought3
India2’ |
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we can generate the structure |
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(327) |
/indiyama1 pakistanama2
hįdõgą3/ |
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Conj-Nom Conj-Nom |
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`India1 and Pakistan2
fought3 (each other)’
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