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Kooyers, Orneal – Linguistics, 1975
Deals with clause chaining in Washkuk, a language spoken by about 2500 people in northeastern New Guinea. Four clause types are ranked from lowest to highest. Any clause subordinates all preceding clauses of lower order. (TL)
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Malayo Polynesian Languages, Morphology (Languages), Nouns