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  2. Grammatical person - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, grammatical person is the grammatical distinction between deictic references to participant(s) in an event; typically, the distinction is between the speaker (first person), the addressee (second person), and others (third person).

  3. Dative shift - Wikipedia

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    In example (5), the DOC form is not permitted, despite the verb root being single syllable, because [wash] lacks the theta-role of recipient. One explanation for why the verb lacks this theta-role is that there is no possessive relationship between the direct object and the indirect object). [1] (5a) *[John] washed [Mary] [the dishes]

  4. Hindustani declension - Wikipedia

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    Example English Example English Ergative: ने نے ne लड़के ने لڑکے نے laṛke ne boy उन्होंने انہوں نے unhõne they Accusative: को کو ko लड़के को لڑکے کو laṛke ko the boy उनको ان کو unko/un ko them Dative: to the boy to them Instrumental: से سے se

  5. Grammaticalization - Wikipedia

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    Grammaticalization is a metaphorical shift toward the abstract, "metaphor" being defined as an originally conscious or voluntary shift in a word's meaning because of some perceived similarity. [ 37 ] Elizabeth Traugott & Bernd Heine (1991): Together, they edited a two-volume collection of papers from a 1988 conference organized by Talmy Givón ...

  6. List of grammatical cases - Wikipedia

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    Japanese, [5] Mongsen Ao [8] Direct case: direct subject or object of a transitive or intransitive verb I saw her; I gave her the book. Scottish Gaelic [9] | many languages with Austronesian Alignment. Ergative case: agent; subject of a transitive verb: he pushed the door and it opened Basque | Chechen | Dyirbal | Georgian | Kashmiri | Samoan ...

  7. Communicative language teaching - Wikipedia

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    Example: The class is paired up. One partner in each pair is Partner A, and the other is Partner B. All the students that are Partner A are given a sheet of paper with a time-table on it. The time-table is filled in half-way, but some of the boxes are empty. All the students that are Partner B are given a sheet of paper with a time-table on it.

  8. Grammatical mood - Wikipedia

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    e IPFV. TAM hina’aro like na DEIX vau SG tō DEF mei’a banana ra DEIX e hina’aro na vau tō mei’a ra IPFV.TAM like DEIX SG DEF banana DEIX 'I would like those bananas (you mentioned).' Mortlockese Mortlockese is an Austronesian language made up of eleven dialects over the eleven atolls that make up the Mortlock Islands in Micronesia. Various TAM markers are used in the language. Mood ...

  9. Hindustani verbs - Wikipedia

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    Hindustani is extremely rich in complex verbs formed by the combinations of noun/adjective and a verb. Complex verbs are of two types: transitive and intransitive. [3]The transitive verbs are obtained by combining nouns/adjectives with verbs such as karnā 'to do', lenā 'to take', denā 'to give', jītnā 'to win' etc.