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is derived from ASL.

Verb agreement

IUR exhibits a three-way distinction between plain, agreement and spatial verbs. In plain verbs, one sees no reference to an object or subject, such as the following example:

Although appearing to reference Ottawa, the verb, CALL-ON-PHONE, makes no movement nor orientation to suggest it agrees with the object. However, agreement can take the shape of varying executions in different spaces, such as with:

Here, the verb's location and movement shifts to agree with

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