Dirk:
> The Numic languages also have switch reference, but that system has its
> origin in the tense/aspect system of the language. I had switch
> reference in Tepa (the precursor to Miapimoquitch), but it has now
> become entwined with deixis in Miapimoquitch. There is a three-way
> deictic distinction which is cross-cut with same subject/different
> subject as follows:
>
> same subject different subject
> proximal te= ta=
> distal ke= ka=
> neutral e= a=
>
> The consonant encodes deixis and the vowel encodes same/different
> subject. All of these forms are proclitics which appear on the first
> element of subordinate clauses
How come you describe this as cross-cutting, rather than the following
simpler(?) analysis?
e- same subj
a- diff subj
t- proximal
k- distal
--And.