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Note that many of the grammatical relations displayed between the plain conjunct and the
independent verb in these sentences are established by asyndetic connection. For
example, in (133a), there is nothing in that sentence which means from or as a result of.
Rather, it is the asyndetic connection between the plain conjunct verb and the
independent verb within contexts which allows a resultative relation to be selected and
displayed between clauses.
4.1.2 Temporal immediacy and the connective feature of the conjunct
Conjunct verbs may appear within sentences in conjunction with independent verbs
to show TEMPORAL IMMEDIACY between actions (following Rhodes 1979). This means
that the use of the conjunct indicates that the action denoted by the conjunct verb occurs
immediately after the action denoted by the preceding independent verb. This is
illustrated in the following example provided by my consultants.
(134) Temporal immediacy
Ingii-kanoonaa Sara, gii-pabanaazomag.
1.PAST-call.3.OBJ/INDEP Sara PAST-chew out.1>3/CONJ
‘I called Sara and chewed her out.’
There are a few things to note in this example. First, the independent order inflected verb
ingii-kanoonaa is juxtaposed with the conjunct order inflected verb gii-pabanaazomag.
Second, there is no connective word conjoining the two Ojibwe clauses, such as the one
conjoining the English clauses within the accompanying translation, i.e. and. The plain
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