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# In intransitive clauses, the copula marks the single core argument with the Direct forms only. | # In intransitive clauses, the copula marks the single core argument with the Direct forms only. | ||
# In transitive clauses, high animate core arguments are considered Agents by default. Low animate core arguments acting as Agents license the Inverse marker ''ta-''; the Inverse marker cliticizes to the initial verb of the verb complex, and is also prefixed to the copula; the low animate argument is thus doubly marked by the Inverse marker. | # In transitive clauses, high animate core arguments are considered Agents by default. Low animate core arguments acting as Agents license the Inverse marker ''ta-''; the Inverse marker cliticizes to the initial verb of the verb complex, and is also prefixed to the copula; the low animate argument is thus doubly marked by the Inverse marker. Because the nominal animacy hierarchy is complex, core arguments will be marked with <u>HA</u> to mark the higher animate argument, and <u>LA</u> to mark the lower animate argument. | ||
# The pronominal animacy hierarchy is: 1st >> 2nd >> 3rd. However, note that plural 3rd person arguments outrank all singular arguments. | # The pronominal animacy hierarchy is: 1st >> 2nd >> 3rd. However, note that plural 3rd person arguments outrank all singular arguments. | ||
# The present tense, when used as a narrative tense, often refers to past events. Adverbial markers referring to the distal past, such as ''yorai'', may thus appear with a present tense copula. | # The present tense, when used as a narrative tense, often refers to past events. Adverbial markers referring to the distal past, such as ''yorai'', may thus appear with a present tense copula. | ||