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Mirmio can sbustitute both noun and verb positions with a content clause. Uninflected content clauses are marked with a preclitic (''dl-'' before a vowel, ''dlõ-'' before a consonant) attached to the first word of the content clause.

In ~~the following~~ example, ''dl-'' is cliticized onto the animacy marker of the clause ''ácv dja'ukuh rlòxnjkf'', ~~turning it into~~ the initiator ~~for “[initiator]~~ qùulkf nji'hu.”

In example (1a), ''dl-'' is cliticized onto the animacy marker of the clause ''ácv dja'ukuh rlòxnjkf'', allowng the clause to be placed in the initiator positon of “_ qùulkf nji'hu.”

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Inflected content clauses replace the preclitic with a complementizer (''dlõ'') preceding the content clause and inflected in whichever way the clause would be.

In example (1b), ''dlõ'' is placed after the same clause as ''dl-'' in (1a), but in order to communicate that the referent of that clause (the horse running around) is more animate than expected, the animacy marker is placed to precede the complementizer, applying animacy to the whole clause.

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 Mirmio can sbustitute both noun and verb positions with a content clause. Uninflected content clauses are marked with a preclitic (''dl-'' before a vowel, ''dlõ-'' before a consonant) attached to the first word of the content clause.
-In the following example, ''dl-'' is cliticized onto the animacy marker of the clause ''ácv dja'ukuh rlòxnjkf'', turning it into the initiator for “[initiator] qùulkf nji'hu.”
+In example (1a), ''dl-'' is cliticized onto the animacy marker of the clause ''ácv dja'ukuh rlòxnjkf'', allowng the clause to be placed in the initiator positon of “_ qùulkf nji'hu.”
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 Inflected content clauses replace the preclitic with a complementizer (''dlõ'') preceding the content clause and inflected in whichever way the clause would be.
+In example (1b), ''dlõ'' is placed after the same clause as ''dl-'' in (1a), but in order to communicate that the referent of that clause (the horse running around) is more animate than expected, the animacy marker is placed to precede the complementizer, applying animacy to the whole clause.
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