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(e) A number of cases of irregular reduplication occur. Examples 

 in the Nass dialect are — 



§ 38. Reduplication of Words containinfj Proclitic 



Particles 



As a rule, compound words containing proclitic elements redupli- 

 cate the stem only. 



Singular 



Plural 



lo-a!in 



lo-am'a'm 



to be good inside 



A few examples of compounds of the type which reduplicate the 

 initial syllables have been given in § 36, d., e. 



§ 39. Modification of Stem Vowel 

 In a few cases modifications of length and accent of stem syllables 

 occur. I am inclined to think that all of these have originated by 

 secondary modification of reduplicated forms. The following cases 

 have come under my observation. All of them belong to the Nass 

 River dialect. 



Formation of Plural (§i$ 40-47) 

 § 40, Methods of forming the Plural 



The plural is generally sharply set off from the singular, both in the 

 noun and in the verb, and only a limited number of words have the 

 same form in singular and plural. Including these words and those 

 which apply different stems in singular and plural, the following 

 methods of expressing the plural may be distinguished. 



§§38-40 



