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sentence does not contain the "words" 'him-the-otter' or 'with-his-club' Instead, the markers -i-da (PIVOT-'the'), referring to "man", attaches not to the noun b?gwan?ma ("man") but to the verb; the markers -?-a (ACCUSATIVE-'the'), referring to otter, attach to b?gwan?ma instead of to q'asa ('otter'), etc. In other words, a speaker of Kwak'wala does not perceive

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