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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.

The structure that predominates throughout the rest of the country involves a nominalization of the clause containing non-coreferent arguments as the O-argument, ~~while~~ the ~~verb of~~ the focus clause (the clause containing the ~~principal~~ core argument of the entire discourse unit<sup>7</sup>) is marked with the Resultative ''-dur-/-dūr-'' suffix~~, and precedes any ''-mā''-type subordinator~~. The verb of the focus ~~verb~~ must also be transitivized by the Comitative Applicative ''-kan-''. This allows the O-argument of the nominalized clause to be coreferrent with the derived O-argument of the focus clause.

The other dialects simply use clause-clause apposition when S and O are coreferrent:

{{Gloss

|phrase = Kaħtisartahipnaraban, iħtaškallutarampi

|IPA =

| morphemes = kaħt-sar-tahipna-ar-ab-an, ħtaš-kallut-ar-an-pi

| gloss = INVERSE.VOL-see-box-PST-IMPF-INTRANS DUR-eat-PST-INTRANS-ANTI

| translation = He watched tv, he ate.

}}

The structure that predominates throughout the rest of the country involves a nominalization of the clause containing

For non-coreferent arguments as the O-argument, the other dialects nominalize the non-focus clause (the clause containing the secondary core argument of the entire discourse unit<sup>7</sup>) while the focus clause is marked with the Resultative ''-dur-/-dūr-'' suffix. The verb of the focus clause must also be transitivized by the Comitative Applicative ''-kan-''. This allows the O-argument of the nominalized clause to be coreferrent with the derived O-argument of the focus clause, thus maintaining the S/O pivot:

{{Gloss

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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.
-The structure that predominates throughout the rest of the country involves a nominalization of the clause containing non-coreferent arguments as the O-argument, while the verb of the focus clause (the clause containing the principal core argument of the entire discourse unit<sup>7</sup>) is marked with the Resultative ''-dur-/-dūr-'' suffix, and precedes any ''-mā''-type subordinator.  The verb of the focus verb must also be transitivized by the Comitative Applicative ''-kan-''.  This allows the O-argument of the nominalized clause to be coreferrent with the derived O-argument of the focus clause.
+The other dialects simply use clause-clause apposition when S and O are coreferrent:
+{{Gloss
+|phrase = Kaħtisartahipnaraban,  iħtaškallutarampi
+|IPA =
+| morphemes =  kaħt-sar-tahipna-ar-ab-an, ħtaš-kallut-ar-an-pi
+| gloss = INVERSE.VOL-see-box-PST-IMPF-INTRANS DUR-eat-PST-INTRANS-ANTI
+| translation = He watched tv, he ate.
+}}
+The structure that predominates throughout the rest of the country involves a nominalization of the clause containing
+For non-coreferent arguments as the O-argument, the other dialects nominalize the non-focus clause (the clause containing the secondary core argument of the entire discourse unit<sup>7</sup>) while the focus clause is marked with the Resultative ''-dur-/-dūr-'' suffix.  The verb of the focus clause must also be transitivized by the Comitative Applicative ''-kan-''.  This allows the O-argument of the nominalized clause to be coreferrent with the derived O-argument of the focus clause, thus maintaining the S/O pivot:
 {{Gloss