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the leading character of 1113^ questions, and never appeared spontane- 

 ously. 



The demonstrative pronouns, however, present another striking 

 feature that is not commonly found in the American Indian languages. 

 This feature consists in the fact that some of them occur in two dis- 

 tinct forms, one being used with subjects of the sentence, while the 

 other is applied to objects only. This fact serves as another instance 

 illustrating the extent to which the category of subjectivity and ob- 

 jectivitj'^ permeates this language. 



The following demonstrative pronouns have been found in Siuslaw : 



ta'^k has been invariably rendered by this, and in some instances 

 by HERE. It may be used in connection with subjects and objects 

 alike. Duality and plurality of subjects and objects are indicated by 

 the suffixation of the subjective pronouns -a^x and -nx respectively 

 (see § 24). 



ta°^Tc pEni's this skunk 



ta/^lc tEX7nu'ni this man 



t&i''k!ya his tE^q td'Hn lakwa'Tcun (a) very good thing this here I 



have obtained Y2.15, 16 

 hl'^wa'xan tafkin lIu' as a messenger here I come 17.6, 7 

 td^'h^ax qa't&ntux these two will go 32.10, 11 

 td^'¥nx tExnm'ni these men 



tE applies to subjects and objects. There can be no doubt that it 

 is an abbreviated form of the demonstrative pronoun to/^k (see above). 

 It was usually rendered by this or the. When followed bj^ the sub- 

 jective pronouns (see § 24), the obscure vowel assumes a clear tinge 

 and appears as a distinct a-vowel. 



H mEq\a}'tx Jia^'qmas Llya'rca tE Iklanu'lv^ and she danced near 



the fire, this Screech-Owl 86.11, 12 

 Llha'yax tE hlya'aP- it passed (by), this fire 32.19 

 t%'¥n tE ta^ this here is my house (literallj'-, here I, this one, live) 



68.8 

 s^a'tsa hl'tcHc nictctma^mu tE t!% that's why bear acts like a per- 

 son (literally, thus [of a] person his fashion [has] the bear) 60.26 

 wi'nxa^n tEpEni's she was afraid of this skunk 86.1 

 hlna'yun ts ml' Ida hltc he took along this bad man 23.2, 3 

 nl'ctcanx tanx yoJ^'xa} qdtx why do you cry much (literally, how [is 

 it that] you this, much cry) 94.16, 17 

 § 115 



