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This structure is governed by the S/O pivot, so if 3rd person arguments with the same gender and number serve as core arguments for both clauses but are ''not'' co-referent and context cannot disambiguate the roles of the core arguments, the latter clause must explicitly indicate that, either by mentioning the core arguments by name or by a proxy noun. Only if context allows disambiguation can the non-coreferent arguments ~~may~~ be dropped.

This structure is governed by the S/O pivot, so if 3rd person arguments with the same gender and number serve as core arguments for both clauses but are ''not'' co-referent and context cannot disambiguate the roles of the core arguments, the latter clause must explicitly indicate that, either by mentioning the core arguments by name, by a proxy noun, or the pronoun ''xān'' "the other". Only if context allows disambiguation can the non-coreferent arguments be dropped.

{{Gloss

|phrase = Šian wakkaħtisartahipnarabammā, šian waxxān iħtaškallutarampi

|IPA =

| morphemes = Šian wa=kaħt-sar-tahipna-ar-ab-an-mā, šian wa=xān ħtaš-kallut-ar-an-pi

| gloss = CIRC CONN=INVERSE.VOL-see-box-PST-IMPF-INTRANS-SUBORD CIRC CONN=other.person DUR-eat-PST-INTRANS-ANTI

| translation = While he watched tv, the other ate.

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However, outside MSM the '' šian + wa='' structure is found only in the Stone Speaker dialect, which the Minhast Language Academy incorporated in formulating the standardized language. The urban City Speaker dialect adopted this structure, presumably to distinguish themselves from the Speakers of the other Prefectures.

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-This structure is governed by the S/O pivot, so if 3rd person arguments with the same gender and number serve as core arguments for both clauses but are ''not'' co-referent and context cannot disambiguate the roles of the core arguments, the latter clause must explicitly indicate that, either by mentioning the core arguments by name or by a proxy noun.  Only if context allows disambiguation can the non-coreferent arguments may be dropped.
+This structure is governed by the S/O pivot, so if 3rd person arguments with the same gender and number serve as core arguments for both clauses but are ''not'' co-referent and context cannot disambiguate the roles of the core arguments, the latter clause must explicitly indicate that, either by mentioning the core arguments by name, by a proxy noun, or the pronoun ''xān'' "the other".  Only if context allows disambiguation can the non-coreferent arguments be dropped.
+{{Gloss
+|phrase = Šian wakkaħtisartahipnarabammā, šian waxxān iħtaškallutarampi
+|IPA =
+| morphemes =  Šian wa=kaħt-sar-tahipna-ar-ab-an-mā, šian  wa=xān ħtaš-kallut-ar-an-pi
+| gloss = CIRC CONN=INVERSE.VOL-see-box-PST-IMPF-INTRANS-SUBORD CIRC CONN=other.person DUR-eat-PST-INTRANS-ANTI
+| translation = While he watched tv,  the other ate.
+}}
 However, outside MSM the '' šian + wa='' structure is found only in the Stone Speaker dialect, which the Minhast Language Academy incorporated in formulating the standardized language. The urban City Speaker dialect adopted this structure, presumably to distinguish themselves from the Speakers of the other Prefectures.