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#In canonical polysynthetic languages, argument marking is obligatory, even if the referents of the agreement markers are overt.  The Young Speech, however, obligatorily suppresses an agreement marker when an overt argument surfaces: if an overt direct object appears, its corresponding verbal agreement marker is disallowed from surfacing, and the converse is true when an overt subject appears.  If both an overt subject and object referent appears, the verb's agreement markers are barred from surfacing;
#In canonical polysynthetic languages, argument marking is obligatory, even if the referents of the agreement markers are overt.  The Young Speech, however, obligatorily suppresses an agreement marker when an overt argument surfaces: if an overt direct object appears, its corresponding verbal agreement marker is disallowed from surfacing, and the converse is true when an overt subject appears.  If both an overt subject and object referent appears, the verb's agreement markers are barred from surfacing;
#The Young Speech displays neither noun incorporation (as in the Iroquoian languages) or lexical verbal affixation (as in the Eskaleut languages);
#The Young Speech displays neither noun incorporation (as in the Iroquoian languages) or lexical verbal affixation (as in the Eskaleut languages);
#Verbal affixes are restricted to tense-aspect marking.  Other features, such as modal affixes, are lacking in the holophrastic verb.
#Verbal affixes are restricted to tense-aspect marking and the Purposive mood.  Other features, such as modals, valence marking, evidentials, etc., are lacking in the holophrastic verb.




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