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==Additional Notes==
==Additional Notes==


# In intransitive clauses, the copula takes 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.
# 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.
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