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Added alternative strategies of the other dialects in maintaining S/O pivots for coreferrent and non-coreferrent Circumstantial clauses
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The structure that predominates throughout the rest of the country involves a nominalization of the clause containing  
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:   
For non-coreferent arguments as the O-argument, the other dialects nominalize the focus clause (the clause containing the secondary core argument of the entire discourse unit<sup>7</sup>) while the non-focus clause is marked with the Resultative ''-dur-/-dūr-'' suffix.  The verb of the non-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 non-focus clause, thus maintaining the S/O pivot:   


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