(1)
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Simple Stems :
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These are monomorphemic stems and are
further unanalyzable. They are four in number.
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| (a) |
The pronoun /syā/ replaces human
nouns. |
| (b) |
The pronoun /hanś/ replaces nouns
with a spatial reference. |
| (c) |
The pronoun /sķmthą/ replaces
concrete non-human nouns. |
| (d) |
The pronoun /jya/ replaces
abstract nouns and nouns with demonstrative/abstract reference. |
Ex:
| (a) /syā/ |
`who’ |
| (b) /hanś/ |
`where’ |
(c)/s mthą/ |
`whatnon-human being/object’ |
(d) /jya/
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`what abstract quality’`what kind of
object/non-human being’
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(2)
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Primary Derived Stems :
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These are polymorphemic stems
analyzable into two bound morphemes.
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| /kadi-gõ/ |
`when’ |
/hay -gõ/
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`where’
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(3)
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Secondary Derived Stems :
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These are composed of one simple stem
and one or more bound morphemes.
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| /hanś-wacyą/ |
`whither/where to’ |
/jya-walą/
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`how’
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(4)
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Compound Stems :
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These are composed of two or more
simple stems.
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| /jya-kįnįm/ |
`why’ |
what-reason
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Demonstrative Pronouns :
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| /é/ |
`this’ |
| /wé/ |
`that’ |
/jya/
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`which’
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The demonstrative pronouns show only
proximate-remote distinction.
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Case :
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Case the grammatical category that relates the noun
phrases to the predicate in a sentence. The syntactic-semantic relationships
that exist between the noun phrases and the predicate are termed case
relations. Thus genitive, a nominal relation, is eliminated from the case
system. The Mishmi case system is composed of six cases.
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| (1) Nominative. |
| (2) Accusative. |
| (3) Dative. |
| (4) Ablative. |
| (5) Instrumental. |
(6) Locative.
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These cases are marked either by overt morphemes or by
the position of the Noun Phrase in the sentence int he sentence. The
morphemes are mostly suffixes. Some spatio-temporal adverbs
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