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==== | ====Topicalisation==== | ||
1) | 1) Avalonian lacks true grammatical voice although it does have a system of topicalisation in lieu. | ||
2) In transitive verbs, topicalisation is indicated by the presence or absence of verbal pronominal suffices as per the table below: | |||
2) | |||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|- | |- | ||
|'''Voice'''||'''Abbreviation'''||'''Ergative Suffix?'''||'''Absolutive Suffix?'''||'''Promoted Argument'''||'''Case Of Demoted Argument'''||'''Function''' | |'''Equivalent Voice'''||'''Abbreviation'''||'''Ergative Suffix?'''||'''Absolutive Suffix?'''||'''Promoted Argument'''||'''Case Of Demoted Argument'''||'''Function''' | ||
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|Active||ACT||Yes||Yes||N/A||N/A||No topicalisation of either argument | |Active||ACT||Yes||Yes||N/A||N/A||No topicalisation of either argument | ||
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|} | |} | ||
4) Demoted A or O arguments directly follow the verb. | |||
5) Intransitive verbs do not indicate voice as their S argument is the only topic of the sentence. | |||
====Topicalisation Of X Arguments==== | ====Topicalisation Of X Arguments==== |
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