United States: Enclitic Particles In Western Abenaki - The Syntax Of Second Position

United States: Enclitic Particles In Western Abenaki - The Syntax Of Second Position   Philip S. Lesourd, 2011   In Western Abenaki, an Eastern Algonquian language, a number of enclitic particles, as well as certain cliticized words, are stationed in second position in the clause. In simple cases, second position is the position following the first phonological word of the clause, but complexities arise in particular constructions. A clause-initial conjunction may either host an...

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