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Amazonian languages as well which utilize individual lexical items to mark the eventline
structure. For example, recall that for the Amazonian language Yagua, the individual
lexical items jį́ į́ ta or jį́ į́ marked a progression through a discourse along a main eventline,
or a progression from one thematic paragraph to the next (see Payne et al. 1990:427
already cited above). Ojibwe, rather than utilizing individual lexical items to mark
eventline structures, utilizes the general morphological form of the conjunct order of
inflection to mark them, leaving independent order verbs to perform other discourse
functions.
A summary listing of the conjunct verbs in the following story show indeed that it is
the conjunct which carries the eventline. In this story, a young boy and his friend were
talking and laughing on the side of a road when a old man walks by and thinks that they
are laughing at him. While a few conjuncts occur within the quotations as sentence level
conjuncts, all the other conjuncts are otherwise eventline verbs. Note also that all
discourse conjuncts are glossed more narrowly than their surrounding words. This is
intended to give the reader who is unfamiliar with Ojibwe the ability to see the
morphological make-up of each discourse conjunct.
(138) Conjunct marking eventline structure (Eagle 1998:16-18, audio)
a) Aabiding imaa naaniibawiyaang jiigikana.
one time there standing around.1P/CONJ near the road
b) Gaa-izhi-bimosed aw Zhimaaganish.
IC.PAST-RR-walks by.3/CONJ that Zhimaaganish
c) Bimosed akiwenzii.
walks by.3/CONJ old man
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