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Download full textBuckley, Eugene – 1987
There is a set of morphemes in Alsea, an extinct Indian language of the Oregon coast, that are encliticized on the first word of the clause, similar to the second-position clitics in many languages. However, in some sentences these morphemes appear to be infixed rather than cliticized. True infixes are a rare phenomenon, and infixation of a…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Descriptive Linguistics, Form Classes (Languages), Grammar
