The Obviative Suffix -ni- In Algonquian
The obviative category in Algonquian languages serves to disambiguate subject and object nominals in transitive relations where both have third person animate referents. It has been claimed (Dunnigan, O'Malley & Schwartz 1978) that in Ojibwe the marker -ni- is used specifically when an argu...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
University of Kansas, Department of Linguistics
1979-01-01
|
| Series: | Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/670 |