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The Associative Plural
Language:
Mangarrayi
Feature:
The Associative Plural
by
Michael Daniel
and
Edith Moravcsik
Value:
Unique affixal associative plural
Examples
Sentence igt-1705:
ŋaḷa - Jilimbirŋa - ʔmingan wuḷa - ya - j ṇa - yarayŋ - gu
ŋaḷa - Jilimbirŋa - ʔmingan
Fnom - name - focal
wuḷa - ya - j
3Pl - go -
pp
ṇa - yarayŋ - gu
n
Purp - Aponogeton - Purp
Jilimbirŋa’s group went forAponogeton (a water plant)
Sentence igt-1706:
ŋaya - Jilimbirŋa - ʔmingan ŋa - ṇiri
ŋaya - Jilimbirŋa - ʔmingan
Fdat - J.- focal
ŋa - ṇiri
1sg
/
3sg
- bring PC
I brought it for J.’s group
Sentence igt-1707:
ŋaya - Jilimbirŋa - ʔmingan - gan ŋa - ṇi
ŋaya - Jilimbirŋa - ʔmingan - gan
Floc - J.- focal -Loc
ŋa - ṇi
1sg
- sit PC
I was sitting with J.’s group
References
Merlan 1982
cite
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