Minhast: Difference between revisions
Addition of fossilized suffixes |
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! Positive | ! Positive | ||
| matti min, mattim | | matti, matti min, mattim | ||
| mattarim | | mattarim | ||
| mattanem | | mattanem | ||
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The form ''matti'' without the Connective ''min'' is common in informal speech, although this form is eschewed in the Salmonic and Horse Speaker dialects. | |||
These structures use an S/A pivot for the coreferrent NP of each clause, rather than the expected S/O pivot. This is an example of split ergativity manifesting at the syntactic level in Minhast, which is otherwise very strict in maintaining ergativity at both the morphological and syntactic levels. | These structures use an S/A pivot for the coreferrent NP of each clause, rather than the expected S/O pivot. This is an example of split ergativity manifesting at the syntactic level in Minhast, which is otherwise very strict in maintaining ergativity at both the morphological and syntactic levels. | ||