<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=3 PTSIZE=12 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Calisto MT" LANG="0">In a message dated 1/15/2004 2:01:59 AM Mountain Standard Time, John.Koontz@colorado.edu writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">> Crow reflexives look like this:<BR>
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> 1s b-ihchi-waa-lichi' 'I hit myself' etc.<BR>
> 2 d-i'hchi-laa-lichi<BR>
> 3 ihchi-lichi'<BR>
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> I have always assumed that b and d in the 1st and 2nd person forms were<BR>
> derived from stative bii and dii, with shortening of the long vowel before the<BR>
> initial i of the reflexive.<BR>
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Could they be derived from active series pronominals like ba(a)- and da-?<BR>
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Of course, given that the underlying verb is also inflected, I can see why<BR>
an oblique or stative form seems more natural.<BR>
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Theoretically the b and d of the reflexives could be derived from the active set, but then we would have to explain why there are two active pronouns in a reflexive.</FONT></HTML>