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====Case and Number====

Peshpeg's three-way split in its morphological alignment underlies its nominal case-number system. Thus, the case-number system reflects the nominal system's animacy hierarchy. A nominative-accusative pattern is observed among Class I nouns, an ergative-absolutive pattern in Class II nouns, and a direct marking in its Class III nouns. The nominative-accusative pattern in Class I nouns marks direct objects with the submorpheme ''-j-''. The ergative-absolutive system is distinguished by the submorpheme ''-d-'' for ergative arguments. Class III nouns do not distinguish agent-patient roles, reflecting the direct alignment of these nouns.

Peshpeg's three-way split in its morphological alignment underlies its nominal case-number system. Thus, the case-number system reflects the nominal system's animacy hierarchy. A nominative-accusative pattern is observed among Class I nouns, an ergative-absolutive pattern in Class II nouns, and a direct marking pattern in its Class III nouns. The nominative-accusative pattern in Class I nouns marks direct objects with the submorpheme ''-j-''. The ergative-absolutive system is distinguished by the submorpheme ''-d-'' for ergative arguments. Class III nouns do not distinguish agent-patient roles, reflecting the direct alignment of these nouns.

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|+ '''~~Pronominal Agreement Markers~~'''

|+ '''Verb Template of ''-mb-'' '''

|-

! Object !! Subject !! ~~Connective !! Locative~~ !! Tense !! Mood

! Object !! Subject !! Root !! Tense !! Mood

|-

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*gu-, -g-

*gi-, -g-

| -~~mon-~~

| -mb-

|

~~-bi~~-

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*-ji-

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| temon || no || Clause-initial

|-

| igam~~...~~bi || not || ''igam'': Clause initial; ''bi'': Clause-final

| igam, bi || not || ''igam'': Clause initial; ''bi'': Clause-final

|-

| beshlor || not || Scope-ordered, clause-final barred

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===Noun phrase===

===Adjectival ~~phrse~~===

===Adjectival phrase===

Adjectives take minimal inflection, based on its position relative to its noun head. A suffix ''-em'' simply indicates the adjective is dependent on another element, and appears when the adjective follows its head. Interestingly, if a periphrastic verb construction appears immediately after the adjective, the adjective is displaced and must appear before its noun head. A connective ''mon'' surfaces between the pre-nominal adjective and its noun. This rule does not apply with synthetic verbs, however, following the default noun-adjective order, wherein the ''-em'' suffix obligatorily surfaces.

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 ====Case and Number====
-Peshpeg's three-way split in its morphological alignment underlies its nominal case-number system.  Thus, the case-number system reflects the nominal system's animacy hierarchy.  A nominative-accusative pattern is observed among Class I nouns, an ergative-absolutive pattern in Class II nouns, and a direct marking in its Class III nouns.  The nominative-accusative pattern in Class I nouns marks direct objects with the submorpheme ''-j-''.  The ergative-absolutive system is distinguished by the submorpheme ''-d-'' for ergative arguments.  Class III nouns do not distinguish agent-patient roles, reflecting the direct alignment of these nouns.
+Peshpeg's three-way split in its morphological alignment underlies its nominal case-number system.  Thus, the case-number system reflects the nominal system's animacy hierarchy.  A nominative-accusative pattern is observed among Class I nouns, an ergative-absolutive pattern in Class II nouns, and a direct marking pattern in its Class III nouns.  The nominative-accusative pattern in Class I nouns marks direct objects with the submorpheme ''-j-''.  The ergative-absolutive system is distinguished by the submorpheme ''-d-'' for ergative arguments.  Class III nouns do not distinguish agent-patient roles, reflecting the direct alignment of these nouns.
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 {| class="bluetable lightbluebg mw-collapsible"
-|+ '''Pronominal Agreement Markers'''
+|+ '''Verb Template of ''-mb-'' '''
 |-
-! Object !! Subject !! Connective !! Locative !! Tense !! Mood
+! Object !! Subject !! Root !! Tense !! Mood
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 *gu-, -g-
 *gi-, -g-
-| -mon-
+| -mb-
-|
--bi-
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 *-ji-
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 | temon || no || Clause-initial
 |-
-| igam...bi || not || ''igam'': Clause initial; ''bi'': Clause-final
+| igam, bi || not || ''igam'': Clause initial; ''bi'': Clause-final
 |-
 | beshlor || not || Scope-ordered, clause-final barred
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 ===Noun phrase===
-===Adjectival phrse===
+===Adjectival phrase===
 Adjectives take minimal inflection, based on its position relative to its noun head.  A suffix ''-em'' simply indicates the adjective is dependent on another element, and appears when the adjective follows its head.  Interestingly, if a periphrastic verb  construction appears immediately after the adjective, the adjective is displaced and must appear before its noun head.  A connective ''mon'' surfaces between the pre-nominal adjective and its noun.  This rule does not apply with synthetic verbs, however, following the default noun-adjective order, wherein the ''-em'' suffix obligatorily surfaces.