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====Essive==== | ====Essive==== | ||
====Subject Markers==== | ====Subject Markers==== | ||
Subject markers appear at the beginning of every phrase denoting a grammatical subject. They indicate not only that the following base phrase is the subject of the preceding predicate but also convey information about ''definiteness'', ''specificity'' and an inflectional dimension integral to Balog called ''status''. | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" | |||
|+ Subject Markers | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="5" | Entities | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2" | Status (Gloss) !! Definite !! Specific !! Non-Specific | |||
|- | |||
! "Powerful" !! (A) | |||
| '''''u-''''' || '''''uqu-''''' || '''''uhu-''''' | |||
|- | |||
! "Dominant" !! (B) | |||
| '''''a-''''' || '''''aqa-''''' || '''''aha-''''' | |||
|- | |||
! "Intermediate" !! (C) | |||
| '''''o-''''' || '''''oqo-''''' || '''''oho-''''' | |||
|- | |||
! "Subordinate" !! (D) | |||
| '''''e-''''' || '''''eqe-''''' || '''''ehe-''''' | |||
|- | |||
! "Powerless" !! (E) | |||
| '''''i-''''' || '''''iqi-''''' || '''''ihi-''''' | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="5" | Propositions | |||
|- | |||
! Propositional !! (P) | |||
| '''''ä-''''' || '''''äqä-''''' || '''''ähä-''''' | |||
|} | |||
=====Status===== | =====Status===== | ||
======Pronouns====== | ======Pronouns====== | ||