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<small>I'm already pondering on Dakota syntax for some time and would
like to hear your expert comments on this (as you know, I'm not a
linguist of profession).<br>
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1)<br>
Is the Dakota topic-comment pattern comparable to some extent to, say,
the one in Arabic (Allah - hu akbar)?<br>
2)<br>
Do you think that it is also underlying the way to form compound nouns
(or verbs), e.g. sunkawakan etc.?<br>
3)<br>
Has this pattern also influenced the adverb-verb or verb-modal verb
relationship? (e.g. nizi oniwanyake -> as for: you are pale - you
seem so etc.)<br>
4)<br>
Forming compounds, many examples seem to follow this pattern (with head
on the left side, e.g. Hoksila Wanbli - 'Eagle Boy'), what pattern
follow other examples with head to the right side, e.g. Sunka Wicasa -
'Dog Man'? Is this Western, i.e. English influence?<br>
5)<br>
Is left- or right-branching nomenclature applicable to languages like
Dakota?<br>
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Thanks in advance<br>
<br>
Alfred<br>
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