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Sawyer, Louise – Anthropological Linguistics, 1975
Ifugao is considered to have completive and incompletive aspect rather than past and non-past tense. Time is expressed by a marked verb (for past tense) and by temporal adverbs. Aspect interlocks with the subject focus, which is marked by various affixes. The affix is often determined by the predicate. (SC)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Dialects, Indonesian Languages, Morphology (Languages)

Bliese, Loren F. – Anthropological Linguistics, 1975
The formation of plurals in the three classes of nouns in 'Afar is discussed, as well as vowel changes in particular environments. (SC)
Descriptors: African Languages, Descriptive Linguistics, Generative Phonology, Morphology (Languages)