Omaha/Dakota k?uN cognates.
ROOD DAVID S
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Sat Jun 24 19:39:08 UTC 2000
David S. Rood
Dept. of Linguistics
Univ. of Colorado
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rood at colorado.edu
>
> Do articles always precede demonstratives in Dakotan? In Dhegiha it's the
> other way around!
>
The demonstrative may begin the NP, or follow the article at the end of
the NP; the latter is more common:
he/hena wiNyaN ki/k?uN 'the/those/ woma/en'
or wiNyAn ki/k?uN he/hena.
But of course there are lots of compounds with initial
demonstrative roots.
David
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