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There is a three-way distance distinction in Hantza demonstratives: proximal, distal and obviative.
There is a three-way distance distinction in Hantza demonstratives: proximal, distal and obviative.


==Syntax==
==Syntax and discourse==
:''Main article: [[/Syntax|Hantza syntax]]''
:''Main article: [[/Syntax|Hantza syntax]]''


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Subordination and coordination
Subordination and coordination


===Anaphora, cataphora and deixis===
===Deixis===
Anaphora, cataphora and deixis
Anaphora, cataphora and deixis.
 
The obviative is used to discuss something that is either not present or not at the centre of the discourse.


===Definiteness===
===Definiteness===
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===Focus and topic===
===Focus and topic===
Focus and topic (thème/rhème)
Focus and topic (thème/rhème)
===Discourse particles===
How they are used.


==Derivational morphology==
==Derivational morphology==
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==Lexicon==
==Lexicon==
*Swadesh list
*[[Hantza/Swadesh|Swadesh list]]
*Kinship terminology
*Kinship
*Weather
*Weather
*Date, time and age
*Date, time and age