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Re: Description question

From:Matthew Pearson <matthew.pearson@...>
Date:Monday, October 8, 2001, 22:45
--- You wrote:
Hausa marks tense distinctions on the subject pronouns, not the verbs.
--- end of quote ---

These things are probably auxiliaries. Since they can co-occur with a subject noun
phrase, this suggests that they mark agreement with a (sometimes null) subject
rather than being 'true' pronouns themselves.

Matt.

Matt Pearson
Department of Linguistics
Reed College
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