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The Applicative Affixes are used to change the argument structure of a clause by increasing its valency, or by changing an oblique NP to core status as an Absolutive argument. The process of using an Applicative affix is often called "Applicative Formation", although other linguists prefer to use the term "Applicative Voice". This article will use the term "Applicative Formation" to emphasize that the argument structure of the clause is being changed by use of the Applicative affix. The Applicatives are used to promote an oblique object to the Absolutive.

Although the Applicative Affixes encode spatial or directional information like the Oblique case clitics, they do not resemble them in form. Instead, they are the remnants of incorporated nouns from Proto-Nahenic; evidence of this comes from cognate nouns from Nankôre ''rahko'' "gift", ''macihi'' "hand", and ''nahko'' "room, enclosure".

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 The Applicative Affixes are used to change the argument structure of a clause by increasing its valency, or by changing an oblique NP to core status as an Absolutive argument.  The process of using an Applicative affix is often called "Applicative Formation", although other linguists prefer to use the term "Applicative Voice".  This article will use the term "Applicative Formation" to emphasize that the argument structure of the clause is being changed by use of the Applicative affix.  The Applicatives are used to promote an oblique object to the Absolutive.
+Although the Applicative Affixes encode spatial or directional information like the Oblique case clitics, they do not resemble them in form.  Instead, they are the remnants of incorporated nouns from Proto-Nahenic; evidence of this comes from cognate nouns from Nankôre ''rahko'' "gift", ''macihi'' "hand", and ''nahko'' "room, enclosure".
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