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  • ...ic relationship between the noun phrases and other elements in the clause. Case categories are marked by [[affix]]es or occasionally by other morphological ::*''“Case: an inflectional [[dimension]] of nouns that serves to code the noun phrase
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  • ...e attached argument. Hakha Lai, for instance, has different suffixes for [[Comitative]], [[Instrumental]], [[Allative]]/[[Malefactive]], [[Benefactive]]/Malefact ...meaning). Rather it means ‘mourn (s.o.)’. A person’s death (in the typical case) causes someone to cry: this is clearly like a causative. However, the pers
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  • \textsc{comitative} & kūsʼk-enʼ & kūsʼk-eguejm \\ ...two numbers and 9 cases (cf. the paradigm in Table \ref{noun}). Number and case marking is merged into portmanteau suffixes exhibiting a few syncretic form
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