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clausal subordination

Layered Structure S2 Layered structure S5 Layered Structure S20 Discourse timeline structure tree_S2_c tree_S5_c tree_S20_b DeadCrowIndians1874

An Omaha story: The Dakota who was scared to death by a ghost

1. September 201522. September 2015 s.

Ghost story told by an Omaha to James Owen Dorsey, published in 1890. Original text in Omaha-Ponca, gloss and natural English translation.

Posted in Morphosyntax, Native literature, Omaha, Trees Tags clausal coordination, clausal subordination, core subordination, deixis, discourse, Dorsey, evidentials, layered structure, notation, nuclear coordination, story, trees
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