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This structure is governed by the S/O pivot, so if 3rd person arguments with the same gender and number serve as core arguments for both clauses but are ''not'' co-referent and context cannot disambiguate the roles of the core arguments, the latter clause must explicitly indicate that, either by mentioning the core arguments by name or by a proxy noun. Only if context allows disambiguation can the non-coreferent arguments may be dropped.

However, outside MSM ~~this~~ structure is found only in the Stone Speaker dialect, which the Minhast Language Academy incorporated in formulating the standardized language. The urban City Speaker dialect adopted this structure, presumably to distinguish themselves from the Speakers of the other Prefectures.

However, outside MSM the '' šian + wa='' structure is found only in the Stone Speaker dialect, which the Minhast Language Academy incorporated in formulating the standardized language. The urban City Speaker dialect adopted this structure, presumably to distinguish themselves from the Speakers of the other Prefectures.

The structure that predominates throughout the rest of the country involves a nominalization of the clause containing non-coreferent arguments as the O-argument, while the verb of the focus clause (the clause containing the principal core argument of the entire discourse unit<sup>7</sup>) is marked with the Resultative ''-dur-/-dūr-'' suffix, and precedes any ''-mā''-type subordinator. The verb of the focus verb must also be transitivized by the Comitative Applicative ''-kan-''. This allows the O-argument of the nominalized clause to be coreferrent with the derived O-argument of the focus clause.

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 This structure is governed by the S/O pivot, so if 3rd person arguments with the same gender and number serve as core arguments for both clauses but are ''not'' co-referent and context cannot disambiguate the roles of the core arguments, the latter clause must explicitly indicate that, either by mentioning the core arguments by name or by a proxy noun.  Only if context allows disambiguation can the non-coreferent arguments may be dropped.
-However, outside MSM this structure is found only in the Stone Speaker dialect, which the Minhast Language Academy incorporated in formulating the standardized language. The urban City Speaker dialect adopted this structure, presumably to distinguish themselves from the Speakers of the other Prefectures.
+However, outside MSM the '' šian + wa='' structure is found only in the Stone Speaker dialect, which the Minhast Language Academy incorporated in formulating the standardized language. The urban City Speaker dialect adopted this structure, presumably to distinguish themselves from the Speakers of the other Prefectures.
 The structure that predominates throughout the rest of the country involves a nominalization of the clause containing non-coreferent arguments as the O-argument, while the verb of the focus clause (the clause containing the principal core argument of the entire discourse unit<sup>7</sup>) is marked with the Resultative ''-dur-/-dūr-'' suffix, and precedes any ''-mā''-type subordinator.  The verb of the focus verb must also be transitivized by the Comitative Applicative ''-kan-''.  This allows the O-argument of the nominalized clause to be coreferrent with the derived O-argument of the focus clause.