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Value -an
Language:
Maranao
Parameter:
a third grammatical relation between the verb and the -phrase is indicated by the suffix : (cut -woman -man) 'The man is the one for whom the woman will cut it' or 'The woman will cut it for the man'. Here the action is performed on behalf of the one designated by the particle . The -phrase stands in an indirect relation to the verb. It may indirectly receive the action, be the location of the action, or be the associate or beneficiary of the action. The suffix thus marks referential voice [3d370fc761cd9b40f851f445018efe16]
References
McKaughan and Macaraya 1967
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