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one of the following connective particles: gu and, ?e and, 'i'egu then, 

 'i'esgasku hut, or by the combination 'i'e la and thus. 



i P 



gu 'i'eu cunAza 



and he is healthy 



And he is healthy. 



C P 



'esggsku 'i'eu su ?e su dfuwdwa-sa 6eci 

 but they were sick also 



But they were sick, too. 



SEQUENTIAL ORDERING OF FUNCTION SLOTS 



The structure of clauses is analyzed here in terms of the sequential 

 ordering of the function slots. The statistical treatment is based 

 on the types of clauses occurring in a sample of text material con- 

 sisting of myths narrated by one informant. The sample contains 

 about 4,500 words and was transcribed from 55 minutes of recorded 

 narrative. 



PREDICATE CLAUSES 



The large majority of clauses in the text are predicate clauses. 

 Of 910 clauses identified in the text there are 868 of this type. 



Predicate clauses are built around a predicate slot filled by a verb 

 or verb phrase. The predicate clause may contain only a predicate 

 slot, or it may include a wide variety of slots preceding and/or following 

 the predicate slot. The structure of all predicate clauses in the text 

 is indicated in charts 7 and 8. The former shows the structure of Pi 

 clauses, i.e., clauses in which the predicate slot is filled by a non-future 

 tense verb. P2 clauses, outlined in chart 8, contain verbs in the 

 future tense. Formulas indicate the sequential arrangement of the 

 function slots and employ the following abbreviations: 



P = Predicate slot 

 S = Subject slot 

 = Object slot 



D = Directional-locational slot 

 T = Time slot 

 M = Modifier slot 

 I = Interrogative-modal slot 

 C = Connective slot 

 A = Auxiliary slot 



The number of occurrences of each type of predicate clause in 

 the text is indicated following the formula. Although certain details 

 of the chart are arbitrary, the arrangement of the formulas indicates 

 an increasing complexity from left to right in terms of the munber of 

 slots contained in the clause. The slots are introduced in a specific 

 order from top to bottom within each box bounded by solid lines and 



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