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When the source is proximal the target can also be distal in which case it is always disjunct and refers to a third person. | When the source is proximal the target can also be distal in which case it is always disjunct and refers to a third person. | ||
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An example where a conjunct form would be used to denote first person involvement as a patient rather than an agent is the following: | |||
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Despite a third person being the agent of the action, the focus is on the first person (the assertor) and the verb is therefore conjunct. | Despite a third person being the agent of the action, the focus is on the first person (the assertor) and the verb is therefore conjunct. | ||
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Despite this elaborate system there are still instances where first and second person collapse. However this is not generally an issue in the affected instances thanks to context. Were the agent to have been proximal in the previous example there would have been a grammatical ambiguity. | |||
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