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<DIV>In a message dated 5/24/2006 10:06:52 AM Mountain Standard Time, John.Koontz@colorado.edu writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Fresh from an illuminating series of comments from John Boyle on Hidatsa,<BR>I take it verbs agree with subject and object using one plural slot in the<BR>usual Siouan way (but not the usual Hidatsa way)?<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">That's right. </FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial><BR>And I take it that nouns can be pluralized when arguments of verbs, and<BR>not just when predicative or possessed? </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Yes.</FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Any constraints on when or when<BR>not?</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Plural marking does not occur on the noun when it is followed by the definite article -sh. In general, Crow tends to be parsimonious in marking nouns plural. For example in a sentence like bishke' bahu'iluk 'dogs bark' only the verb has plural marking. This is an area that needs more research!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Randy</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>